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Author_Gustaf Sobin
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carolingian sarcophagus
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celestial paradigms
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dark ages
death of genesis
early christian ruins
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faja oscura
france
human history
iconography
incastellamento
late antiquity
late roman coins
late roman ruins
luminous debris
lyrical narrative
marble venus
provence
psalmodi
reputed tomb of mary magdalene
sacraments
sainte marthe
sarcophagi of arles
southeastern france
the circulades of languedoc
venus disfigured
Product details
- ISBN 9780520253353
- Weight: 363g
- Dimensions: 140 x 210mm
- Publication Date: 05 Jan 2009
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Bits of late Roman coinage, the mutilated torso of a marble Venus, blue debris from an early medieval glassworks, and the powder rasped from the reputed tomb of Mary Magdalene - these tantalizing mementos of human history found scattered throughout the landscape of southeastern France are the points of departure for Gustaf Sobin's lyrical narrative. A companion volume to his acclaimed "Luminous Debris", "Ladder of Shadows" picks up where the former left off: with late antiquity, covering a period from roughly the third to the thirteenth century. Here Sobin offers brilliant readings of late Roman and early Christian ruins in his adopted region of Provence, sifting through iconographic, architectural, and sacramental vestiges to shed light on nothing less than the existential itself.
Gustaf Sobin (1935-2005) was a poet, novelist, and essayist. His books include the novel The Fly-Truffler and Luminous Debris: Reflecting on Vestige in Provence and Languedoc (UC Press).
