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Westminster Abbey - Richard Jenkyns

Westminster Abbey

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Buch | Softcover
224 Seiten
2011
Harvard University Press (Verlag)
978-0-674-06197-2 (ISBN)
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Both an appreciation of an architectural masterpiece and an exploration of the building’s shifting meanings, Jenkyns captures the voices of those who have described Westminster Abbey’s forms, moods, and ceremonies, from Shakespeare and Voltaire to Dickens and Henry James; we see how rulers have made used it, from kings to prime ministers.
Westminster Abbey is the most complex church in existence. National cathedral, coronation church, royal mausoleum, burial place of poets, resting place of the great and of the Unknown Warrior, former home of parliament, backdrop to the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales—this rich and extraordinary building unites many functions.

Westminster Abbey is both an appreciation of an architectural masterpiece and an exploration of the building’s shifting meanings. We hear the voices of those who have described its forms, moods, and ceremonies, from Shakespeare and Voltaire to Dickens and Henry James; we see how rulers have made use of it, from medieval kings to modern prime ministers. In a highly original book, classicist and cultural historian Richard Jenkyns teaches us to look at this microcosm of history with new eyes.

Richard Jenkyns is Professor of the Classical Tradition and a Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall at the University of Oxford. His previous books include The Victorians and Ancient Greece and Dignity and Decadence: Victorian Art and the Classical Inheritance.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 15.10.2011
Reihe/Serie Wonders of the World
Zusatzinfo 25 halftones, 1 line illustration
Verlagsort Cambridge, Mass
Sprache englisch
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Technik Architektur
ISBN-10 0-674-06197-7 / 0674061977
ISBN-13 978-0-674-06197-2 / 9780674061972
Zustand Neuware
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