Elizabeth Emery is Assistant Professor in the Department of French, German, and Russian at Montclair State University.

• List of Illustrations Introduction 1. The Synthesis of France 2. "The Immense Cathedral of the Future World": Zola and the Religion of Science 3. "The Soul of Arches": Huysmans and the Medieval Church 4. "Perpetual Adoration": Proust and the Art Spirit 5. Conclusion Notes Selected Bibliography Index

"Emery successfully straddles both an academic and a more broad-based audience with an interest in French literature, history, or medievalism. Her style is accessible and the product of insightful, complex scholarship. Fin-de-siècle medievalism is a sadly understudied field. While scholars have taken on some of the themes that Emery charts in regard to individual authors and artists, none look comprehensively at the very prominent image of the cathedral in fin-de-siècle French culture." — Laura Morowitz, coeditor of Artistic Brotherhoods in the Nineteenth Century

Elizabeth Emery is Assistant Professor in the Department of French, German, and Russian at Montclair State University.

• List of Illustrations Introduction 1. The Synthesis of France 2. "The Immense Cathedral of the Future World": Zola and the Religion of Science 3. "The Soul of Arches": Huysmans and the Medieval Church 4. "Perpetual Adoration": Proust and the Art Spirit 5. Conclusion Notes Selected Bibliography Index

"Emery successfully straddles both an academic and a more broad-based audience with an interest in French literature, history, or medievalism. Her style is accessible and the product of insightful, complex scholarship. Fin-de-siècle medievalism is a sadly understudied field. While scholars have taken on some of the themes that Emery charts in regard to individual authors and artists, none look comprehensively at the very prominent image of the cathedral in fin-de-siècle French culture." — Laura Morowitz, coeditor of Artistic Brotherhoods in the Nineteenth Century

Elizabeth Emery is Assistant Professor in the Department of French, German, and Russian at Montclair State University.

• List of Illustrations Introduction 1. The Synthesis of France 2. "The Immense Cathedral of the Future World": Zola and the Religion of Science 3. "The Soul of Arches": Huysmans and the Medieval Church 4. "Perpetual Adoration": Proust and the Art Spirit 5. Conclusion Notes Selected Bibliography Index

"Emery successfully straddles both an academic and a more broad-based audience with an interest in French literature, history, or medievalism. Her style is accessible and the product of insightful, complex scholarship. Fin-de-siècle medievalism is a sadly understudied field. While scholars have taken on some of the themes that Emery charts in regard to individual authors and artists, none look comprehensively at the very prominent image of the cathedral in fin-de-siècle French culture." — Laura Morowitz, coeditor of Artistic Brotherhoods in the Nineteenth Century