{"product_id":"knossos-the-prophets-of-cathy-gere-9780226289540","title":"Knossos \u0026 the Prophets of Modernism","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the spring of 1900, British archaeologist Arthur Evans began to excavate the palace of Knossos on Crete, bringing ancient Greek legends to life just as a new century dawned amid far-reaching questions about human history, art, and culture. With \u003ci\u003eKnossos and the Prophets of Modernism\u003c\/i\u003e, Cathy Gere relates the fascinating story of Evans's excavation and its long-term effects on Western culture. After the World War I left the Enlightenment dream in tatters, the lost paradise that Evans offered in the concrete labyrinth--pacifist and matriarchal, pagan and cosmic--seemed to offer a new way forward for writers, artists, and thinkers such as Sigmund Freud, James Joyce, Giorgio de Chirico, Robert Graves, and Hilda Doolittle. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAssembling a brilliant, talented, and eccentric cast at a moment of tremendous intellectual vitality and wrenching change, Cathy Gere paints an unforgettable portrait of the age of concrete and the birth of modernism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cathy Gere\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226289540\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226289540\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/30\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Cathy Gere","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43946338713855,"sku":"9780226289540","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_4ee1569e-c10c-497d-b230-2e36ae20f391.jpg?v=1681512593","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/knossos-the-prophets-of-cathy-gere-9780226289540","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}