Architecture Program
Date of this Version
9-2012
Citation
Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Vol. 71, No. 3 (September 2012), pp. 420-421
Abstract
The rich and masterful essays collected here will reward the patient reading they deserve.
The essays collected here are the result of a lecture series held in 2007 at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, though the length and density of some of them suggest versions that preceded their presentation at that conference. This density is in fact one of the strengths of this book, which strays far from its title and announced theme. The other strength is the astounding roster of contributors, many of whom will be familiar to readers of this journal. For those not familiar with them, this volume is valuable as an introduction to some of the leading figures in fields as far apart as literary medievalism, structuralist art history, poststructuralist architectural theory, and Victorian set design. Most of the chapters restate arguments or present evidence that the authors have published in earlier forms. An analogy might be some projects that bring in a team of superstar architects to design separate buildings for what is supposed to be a common project.
Comments
Published by University of California Press on behalf of the Society of Architectural Historians