Main entry:

Emery, Elizabeth (Elizabeth Nicole)

Title & Author:

Romancing the cathedral : gothic architecture in fin-de-siècle French culture / Elizabeth Emery.

Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2001.

Description:

vii, 234 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:
Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.--New York University, 1997) presented under the title: Reconstructing the cathedral.
Based on the author's thesis (doctoral--New York University, 1997) presented under the title: Reconstructing the cathedral.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-227) and index.
The Synthesis of France -- "The Immense Cathedral of the Future World": Zola and the Religion of Science -- "The Soul of Arches": Huysmans and the Medieval Church -- "Perpetual Adoration": Proust and the Art Spirit.

Summary:

"Romancing the Cathedral explores the late-nineteenth-century French passion for Gothic architecture, particularly the cathedral. Though maligned in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and vandalized during the French Revolution, by World War I the cathedral was considered "the genius of the French nation," a privileged and patriotic work of art that surpassed such other national artworks as Wagner's operas and the Parthenon. However, the moment at which the Gothic style finally reached near-universal acclaim in France also coincided with one of the most anti-clerical periods of French history, the years surrounding the separation of church and state." "Taking this contradiction as a starting point, Elizabeth Emery explores how the cathedral's popularity stemmed from its semantic richness as well as its glorification in the works of such writers and artists as Emile Zola, J.-K. Huysmans, Marcel Proust, Paul Claudel, Claude Monet, Auguste Rodin, and others. Using their works as a springboard, Emery examines the ways in which they responded and contributed to prevailing discourses about the cathedral. Interdisciplinary in nature, Romancing the Cathedral will appeal to those interested in Gothic art and architecture, European cultural studies, medievalism, and French literature."--Jacket.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

0791451232 (alk. paper)
9780791451236 (alk. paper)
0791451240 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780791451243 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Zola, Émile, 1840-1902 Criticism and interpretation.
Zola, Émile, 1840-1902. Trois villes.
Huysmans, J.-K. (Joris-Karl), 1848-1907 Criticism and interpretation.
Huysmans, J.-K. (Joris-Karl), 1848-1907. Durtal.
Proust, Marcel, 1871-1922 Criticism and interpretation.
Zola, Émile, 1840-1902 Critique et interprétation
Zola, Émile, 1840-1902 Trois villes.
Huysmans, J.-K. (Joris-Karl), 1848-1907 Critique et interprétation
Proust, Marcel, 1871-1922 Critique et interprétation
Huysmans, J.-K. (Joris-Karl), 1848-1907
Proust, Marcel, 1871-1922
Zola, Émile, 1840-1902
Huysmans, Joris-Karl 1848-1907
Proust, Marcel 1871-1922
Zola, Émile 1840-1902
Zola, Emile.
Proust, Marcel.
Huysmans, Joris-Karl.
Zola, Emile, 1840-1902 Criticism and interpretation.
Zola, Emile, 1840-1902. Trois villes.
Design-Organisation-Media-Forschungslabor
Trois villes (Zola, Émile)
Durtal (Huysmans, J.-K)
French fiction 19th century History and criticism.
Cathedrals in literature.
Arts, French 19th century.
Cathedrals in art.
Roman français 19e siècle Histoire et critique.
Cathédrales dans la littérature.
Arts français 19e siècle.
Cathédrales dans l'art.
Arts, French
Civilization
French fiction
Französisch
Gotik
Literatur
Kathedralen.
Letterkunde.
Frans.
France Civilization 19th century.
France Civilisation 19e siècle.
France
French literature (humanities) 1880-1920.
Cathedrals France.
Painting (image-making) France 1880-1900.
Influence.

Form/genre:

Theses.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Added entries:

Emery, Elizabeth (Elizabeth Nicole). Reconstructing the cathedral.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 218810
Call No.: NA5541 .E4 2001
Status: Available