Writing London : the trace of the urban text from Blake to Dickens / Julian Wolfreys.

Main entry:

Wolfreys, Julian, 1958-

Title & Author:

Writing London : the trace of the urban text from Blake to Dickens / Julian Wolfreys.

Publication:

Basingstoke, Hampshire : Macmillan Press ; New York : St. Martin's Press, 1998.

Description:

xi, 249 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-246) and index.
[v. 1] The trace of the urban text from Blake to Dickens -- v. 2. Materiality, memory, spectrality -- v. 3 Inventions of the city.

Summary:

How did writers in the nineteenth century come to terms with the phenomenon of London, the world's largest and most rapidly expanding city? How did they perceive the 'modern Babylon' in all its excesses and chaos, and how did the rapid change and development of London affect or alter their prose and poetry? Did London, in fact, help to shape modern literary conceptions and representations of urban space and its effects on our lives in cities, as city-dwellers?
These questions are raised in Writing London, which asks the reader to consider how writers in the first half of the nineteenth century sought to respond to the nature of London, a city quite unlike any other during this period. Drawing on literary theory, psychoanalysis and architectural theory, Julian Wolfreys looks at a variety of responses in poetry, fiction and autobiographical writing to consider the apocalyptic, the labyrinthine and the phobic modes of production among numerous reactions to the city.

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Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

0333736869 (Macmillan Press)
9780333736869 (Macmillan Press)
0312214529 (St. Martin's Press)
9780312214524 (St. Martin's Press)
0333914295
9780333914298
023000895X
9780230008953

Subject:

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 Knowledge London (England)
Blake, William, 1757-1827 Knowledge London (England)
Blake, William, 1757-1827
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
English literature England London History and criticism.
English literature 19th century History and criticism.
City and town life in literature.
Cities and towns in literature.
English literature History and criticism.
Littérature anglaise Histoire et critique.
Littérature anglaise 19e siècle Histoire et critique.
Vie urbaine dans la littérature.
Littérature anglaise Angleterre Londres Histoire et critique.
English literature
Intellectual life
Literature
London (England) Intellectual life 19th century.
London (England) In literature.
Londres (Angleterre) Vie intellectuelle 19e siècle.
England London

Form/genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 204106
Call No.: PR8477 .W65 1998
Status: Available

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