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    An archaeoacoustic analysis of Wren’s auditorium churches: A case study of St Stephen Walbrook (1672–1679), London by Sluyts Yannick, Houvenaghel Marijke, Morel Anne-Francoise, Rychtarikova Monika, De Jonge Krista

    Published 2024-01-01
    “…Sir Christopher Wren (1632–1723) was responsible for the rebuilding of 52 parish churches in 17th-century London after the Great Fire of 1666. In literature his parish church designs are often referred to as “auditorium churches”, as Wren himself claimed that he treated visibility and audibility as priorities in his designs. …”
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    « La peur du désir » : A Mummer’s Wife et Esther Waters de George Moore by Fabienne Gaspari

    Published 2008-12-01
    “…Set amidst the blazing furnaces of an industrial city and the fogs and vapours of London, A Mummer’s Wife (1885) and Esther Waters (1894) mirror the fears generated by the ongoing and accelerated process of industrialization and urbanization that took place in Great Britain in the 19th century. …”
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