Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Henry Brooks Adams
- First Published: 1904
- Type of Work: Essay
- Genres: Nonfiction, Essays, Arts
- Subjects: History, France or French people, Twentieth century, Science or scientists, Faith, Middle Ages, Monasteries, monks, or monasticism, Convents or nunneries, Cathedrals, Buildings, Architecture and design
Initially written only for a small circle of friends, Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres became so popular that Adams finally consented to have the American Institute of Architects publish a trade edition in 1913. The work's thought-provoking mixture of presentation of the religious monuments of medieval Normandy and the author's intelligent (and often idiosyncratic) reflections on the history and philosophy of a bygone era (and their potential applications to his own time, the early twentieth century) have lost nothing of their power to fascinate a reader.
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