{"product_id":"ornament-as-crisis-sarah-mcgaughey-9780810131897","title":"Ornament as Crisis: Architecture, Design, and Modernity in Hermann Broch's the Sleepwalkers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOrnament as Crisis \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the ways in which the novels of Hermann Broch's \u003ci\u003eSleepwalkers \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eSchlafwandler) \u003c\/i\u003etrilogy participate in and employ the history of architecture and architectural theory. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Beginning with the visual and architectural experiences of the figures in each novel, Sarah McGaughey analyzes the role of architecture in the trilogy as a whole, while discussing work by Broch's contemporaries on architecture. She argues that \u003ci\u003eThe Sleepwalkers \u003c\/i\u003eallows us to better understand how literature responds and contributes to social, theoretical, and spatial concepts of architecture. \u003ci\u003eOrnament as Crisis \u003c\/i\u003eguides readers through the spaces of Broch's mdernist masterpiece and the architectural debates of his time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sarah McGaughey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0810131897\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780810131897\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Northwestern University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/23\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d","brand":"Sarah McGaughey","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49096742043903,"sku":"9780810131897","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ornament-as-crisis-sarah-mcgaughey-9780810131897","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}