Main entry:

McLaughlin, Joseph, 1964-

Title & Author:

Writing the urban jungle : reading empire in London from Doyle to Eliot / Joseph McLaughlin.

Publication:

Charlottesville : University Press of Virginia, 2000.

Description:

xii, 234 pages ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-228) and index.
An irritation to metaphor: late-Victorian London as urban jungle -- Holmes and the range: frontiers old and new in A study in scarlet -- The romance of invasion: cocaine and cannibals in The sign of four -- Colonizing the urban jungle: General Booth's In darkest England and the way out -- Writing London: east end ethnography in Jack London's The people of the abyss -- Where does the east end?: with Conrad in darkest Soho -- "What are the roots that clutch?": money, migration, and The waste land.

Summary:

Much has been written about the effects of British culture on colonized people, but this study suggests that the influence worked both ways. Focusing on the relationship between literature and metropolitan culture, it discusses the cultural confusion caused by bringing the foreign home.

Resources:
Table of contents
Table of contents

ISBN:

081391924X (alk. paper)
9780813919249 (alk. paper)
081391972X (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780813919720 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930 Political and social views.
Booth, William, 1829-1912. In darkest England, and the way out.
Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965. Waste land.
London, Jack, 1876-1916. People of the abyss.
Holmes, Sherlock.
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan, 1859-1930 Pensée politique et sociale.
Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930.
Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 Political and social views.
Waste land (Eliot, T. S.)
English literature England London History and criticism.
American literature England London History and criticism.
Authors, English Homes and haunts England London.
Literature and society English-speaking countries.
City and town life in literature.
Imperialism in literature.
Littérature anglaise Angleterre Londres Histoire et critique.
Littérature américaine Angleterre Londres Histoire et critique.
Littérature et société Angleterre Londres Histoire.
Holmes, Sherlock (Personnage fictif)
Vie urbaine dans la littérature.
Impérialisme dans la littérature.
Londres (Angleterre) dans la littérature.
Littérature et société Anglophonie.
18.05 English literature.
American literature.
Authors, English Homes and haunts.
English literature.
Intellectual life.
Literature.
Literature and society.
Political and social views.
Englisch
Literatur
London
Stadt
Imperialismus
Letterkunde.
Engels.
Londen.
Britse Rijk.
Literature and society England London History.
Holmes, Sherlock (Fictitious character)
London (England) Intellectual life 20th century.
London (England) In literature.
Londres (Angleterre) Vie intellectuelle 20e siècle.
England London.
English-speaking countries.
London <Motiv>

Form/genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 212587
Call No.: PR8472 .M3 2000
Status: Available