How have ruins become so valued in Western culture and so central
to our art and literature? Covering a vast chronological and
geographical range, from ancient Egyptian inscriptions to
twentieth-century memorials, Susan Stewart seeks to answer this
question as she traces the appeal of ruins and ruins images, and
the lessons that writers and artists have drawn from their haunting
forms. Stewart takes us on a sweeping journey through founding
legends of broken covenants and original sin, the Christian
appropriation of the classical past, and images of decay in early
modern allegory. Stewart looks in depth at the works of Goethe,
Piranesi, Blake, and Wordsworth, each of whom found in ruins a
means of reinventing his art. Lively and engaging, The Ruins Lesson
ultimately asks what can resist ruination-and finds in the
self-transforming, ever-fleeting practices of language and thought
a clue to what might truly endure.
General
Imprint: |
University of Chicago Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
June 2021 |
First published: |
2019 |
Authors: |
Susan Stewart
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Dimensions: |
254 x 178 x 28mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
400 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-226-79220-0 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Education >
General
|
LSN: |
0-226-79220-X |
Barcode: |
9780226792200 |
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