London writing / Merlin Coverley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Coverley, Merlin.

Series:

Pocket essentials

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English fiction--History and criticism.

English fiction.

London (England)--In literature.

London (England).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (147 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Harpenden : Pocket Essentials, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What do writers such as Charles Dickens and Peter Ackroyd, Iain Sinclair and Robert Louis Stevenson have in common? The answer lies in the use these authors make of London as a fictional setting. Yet in these works and in those of other London writers the city is much more than merely a backdrop, instead becoming a character in its own right and creating a sense of place that is both a reflection and a reworking of the city. Here London is presented as a living organism, a huge and mysterious labyrinth, and the source of endless imagination. A whole world is contained by the city and with

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Contents; Introduction; 1: The London Canon; 2: Occult London; 3: London in Ruins; 4: Criminal London; 5: Lost London Writing; 6: The London Revival; 7: The Thirty Essential London Novels; Further Reading; Copyright

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786610964895

9781842439524

1842439529

9781280964893

1280964898

9781842439470

1842439472

9781423750215

1423750217

9781433702327

1433702320

OCLC:

797920053