Writing London / Julian Wolfreys.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wolfreys, Julian, 1958-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--England--London--History and criticism.

English literature.

England--London.

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870--Knowledge and learning--London (England).

Dickens, Charles.

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.

Blake, William, 1757-1827--Knowledge and learning--London (England).

Blake, William.

Blake, William, 1757-1827.

English literature--19th century--History and criticism.

London (England)--Intellectual life--19th century.

London (England).

City and town life in literature.

Cities and towns in literature.

London (England)--In literature.

Physical Description:

volumes : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

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

Summary:

Beginning with an introductory survey of the variety of literary representations and responses to the city, and the relations between self and urban space, "Writing London" follows the shaping of the urban consciousness from William Blake to Charles Dickens and through readings of Shelley, Barbauld, Byron, DeQuincy, Engels and Wordsworth. It concludes with an afterword which, in developing insights into the relationship between writing and the city, questions the heritage industry's reinvention of London, while arguing for a new understanding of the urban spirit.

Contents:

v. 1. The trace of the urban text from Blake to Dickens

v. 2. Materiality, memory, spectrality.

ISBN:

0333736869

0333914295

OCLC:

38392105