The ruins lesson : meaning and material in western culture /

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. In the...

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Main Author:	Stewart, Susan, 1952- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2020.
Subjects:	Ruins in literature. Ruins in art. Antiquities in literature. Antiquities in art.