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The Intelligible Metropolis Urban Mentality in Contemporary London Novels Nora Pleßke
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pleßke, Nora <p>Nora Pleßke, University of Passau, Germany</p>, Author.
- Series:
- Lettre (Transcript (Firm))
- Lettre
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- London.
- Contemporary British Novel.
- Mentality.
- City.
- Space.
- Monica Ali.
- J.G. Ballard.
- Nick Hornby.
- Ian McEwan.
- Literature.
- Urbanity.
- British Studies.
- General Literature Studies.
- Literary Studies.
- Local Subjects:
- London.
- Contemporary British Novel.
- Mentality.
- City.
- Space.
- Monica Ali.
- J.G. Ballard.
- Nick Hornby.
- Ian McEwan.
- Literature.
- Urbanity.
- British Studies.
- General Literature Studies.
- Literary Studies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (576 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Pleßke, The Intelligible Metropolis Urban Mentality in Contemporary London Novels
- Place of Publication:
- Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2014
- Language Note:
- English
- Biography/History:
- Nora Pleßke (Dr. phil.) teaches English studies at the University of Passau. Her research interests include London literature, material culture, mentality, spatial and postcolonial theory.
- Summary:
- Writings on the metropolis generally foreground illimitability, stressing thereby that the urban ultimately remains both illegible and unintelligible. Instead, the purpose of this interdisciplinary study is to demonstrate that mentality as a tool offers orientation in the urban realm. Nora Pleßke develops a model of urban mentality to be employed for cities worldwide. Against the background of the Spatial Turn, she identifies dominant urban-specific structures of London mentality in contemporary London novels, such as Monica Ali's »Brick Lane«, J.G. Ballard's »Millennium People«, Nick Hornby's »A Long Way Down«, and Ian McEwan's »Saturday«.
- »An interesting dissection of London mentality and a competent semiotic model for ›deciphering‹ the city.«
- Besprochen in:The Literary London Journal, 12/1-2 (2015), Bettina Jansen
- »The Intelligible Metropolis offers an interesting dissection of London mentality and a competent semiotic model for ›deciphering‹ the city.«
- »Nora Pleßke's study is impressive with regard to both its theoretical framework and the scope of primary texts considered.«
- »The Intelligible Metropolis offers an interesting dissection of London mentality and a competent semiotic model for "deciphering" the city.«
- Reviewed in:The Literary London Journal, 12/1-2 (2015), Bettina Jansen
- Contents:
- 1 Contents 7 1. Introduction 11 2. Theories and Categories of Mentality 39 3. Theories of Urbanity 75 4. The Concept of Urban Mentality 111 5. Methodological Implications 149 6. Cityscape 189 7. Socioscape 353 8. Idioscape 435 9. Conclusion 513 Works Cited 531 Appendix: London Novels (1997-2007) 561 Index 573 Acknowledgements 575
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9783839426722
- 3839426723
- OCLC:
- 1013957848
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