MONT-SAINT-MICHEL AND CHARTRES
by Adams, Henry; introduction by Ralph Adams Cram
- Used
- very good
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Rougemont, North Carolina, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Synopsis
Mont Saint Michel and Chartres is a record not of a literal jouney but of a meditative journey across time and space into the medieval imagination. Using the architecture, sculpture, and stained glass of the two locales as a starting point, Adams breathes life into what others might see merely as monuments of a past civilization. With daring and inventive conceits, Adams looks at the ordinary people, places, and events in the context of the social conventions and systems of thought and belief of the thirteenth century turning the study of history into a kind of theater. As Raymond Carney discusses in his introduction, Adams' freeedom from the European traditions of study lends an exuberanceand puckish witto his writings.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Frey Fine Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005131
- Title
- MONT-SAINT-MICHEL AND CHARTRES
- Author
- Adams, Henry; introduction by Ralph Adams Cram
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston and New York
- Date Published
- 1927
- Keywords
- france, history, normandy
Terms of Sale
Frey Fine Books
About the Seller
Frey Fine Books
About Frey Fine Books
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...