The ruins lesson : meaning and material in western culture /

• Main Author: Stewart, Susan, 1952- (συγγραφέας.)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2020.
• Subjects: Ερείπια στη λογοτεχνία; Ερείπια στην τέχνη; Αρχαιότητες στη λογοτεχνία; Αρχαιότητες στην τέχνη

"In 'The Ruins Lesson,' the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning poet-critic Susan Stewart explores the West's fascination with ruins in literature, visual art, and architecture, covering a vast chronological and geographical range from the ancient Egyptians to T. S. Eliot....