Architecture and the Text

Architecture and the Text The (S)crypts of Joyce and Piranesi - Theoretical Perspectives in Architectural History and Criticism

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Publisher's Synopsis

Addresses philosophical questions concerning the relation between writing and architecture. It draws together two cultural fantasies from different periods, one literary and one architectural, and uses the allegorical strategies in "Finnegans Wake" to analyze three works of Giambattista Piranesi.

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ISBN: 9780300049275
Publisher: Yale University Press
Imprint: Yale University Press
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DEWEY: 720.1
DEWEY edition: 20
Language: English
Number of pages: 238
Weight: 450g
Height: 145mm
Width: 235mm
Spine width: 25mm