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1、AUTHOR'SNOTEIbeganthinkingaboutarchitectureasapossibleanalogueforliteraturein1971.Thecoreessaysexploringthispossibilitywerewrittenintheyearsfollowing,from1972to1974.Theenlargementupontheidea,thecontextintowhichIhaveplacedtheseessays,camefrommyexperiencesafterthe
2、seessayswerecompletedandwasintegratedintothemanuscriptin1976.Specialcarehasbeentakenintheselectionandarrangmentofthephotographsandintheprintingofthisbook.Itrustliteraryarchitecturecanweatherthetimetheseprocesseshaverightlytaken.ACKNOWLEDGMENTSIshouldliketohonorm
3、yteachers:DonaldDavie,HerbertLindenberger,DouglasSmith,IanWatt,WesleyTrimpi,ProfessorSirErnstGombrich.Thisbookisasmallgestureofmyappreciation.IshouldalsoliketoacknowledgethegenerousgrantsIreceivedforthiswork:theFulbrightFoundation,LeverhulmeTrustFund,FordFoundat
4、ion;tothankthestaffsofStanfordUniversity,theCourtauldandWarburgInstitutesfortheirhelp;WilliamPetzelforhisfinephotographicskills;CatherineKingforhertyping.Ialsowishtoacknowledgethosewhoreadthemanuscript,eitherinitsentiretyorportionsofit,andwhogavemeencouragement:
5、JudithAllen,RudolphArnheim,RobinBisio,R.HowardBloch,RichardBridgman,CarolChrist,AnneMellor,LeonardMichaels,AlexZwerdling;LloydCrossforhispracticalaid;andJohnOsmanforhisparticulargoodwill.IextendspecialgratitudetomysponsoringeditorWilliamMcClungandtomydesignerWol
6、fgangLedererfortheircommitmenttothisbookandtheircareforitsembodiedform.Finally,Ishouldliketothankmymother,DorothyC.Frank,forherhelpinthepreparationofthemanuscriptandforherkindsupportofmywork.E.E.F.INTRODUCTIONSitinachild'swagon.Someonepullsyouthroughthishouse.Yo
7、uhaveenteredwhitewallsthick,preparedforthefrescoingofyourthoughts.Browngroundofearthisyourfloor,skyyourceiling.InthefirstroomareGreektemples.Youarepulledaroundthem.InonecorneryoupassRomanruins;inanother,aplainEnglishhousewithaflightofstairstoitsroof.Thenthesecon
8、droom.Youdonotknowhowyougotthere.Perhapsyouwereoutsideinpassage,withPegasus.Inthisroomarecathedralfaçades,archesandspires,erectlikesentriestoWeather.Wingedflight:thet
