Home, Degeneration and Decadence: Discursive Connections between Bénédict Morel and Eugène Viollet-le-duc

This article shows how Bénédict Morel’s degeneration theory underlays Eugène Viollet-le-Duc’s architectural discourses. It illustrates how notions that originated in medical and scientific fields such as racial degeneration and the concept of human type were appropriated by Viollet-Le-Duc and us...

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Main Author: Aina Marti-Balcells
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The University of Western Australia 2021-10-01
Series:Essays in French Literature and Culture
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Online Access:https://essaysinfrenchliteratureandculture.com/aina-marti-balcells-home-degeneration-and-decadence-discursive-connections-between-benedict-morel-and-eugene-viollet-le-duc-essays-in-french-literature-and-culture-58-2021/