Writing London asks the reader to consider how writers sought to respond to the nature of London. Drawing on literary and architectural theory and psychoanalysis, Julian Wolfreys looks at a variety of nineteenth-century writings to consider various literary modes of productions as responses to the city. Beginning with an introductory survey of the variety of literary representations and responses to the city, Writing London follows the shaping of the urban consciousness from Blake to Dickens, through Shelley, Barbauld, Byron, De Quincey, 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.
| ISBN: | 9780333736869 |
| Publication date: | 10th August 1998 |
| Author: | Julian Wolfreys |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 249 pages |
| Genres: |
Literary theory Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 Cultural studies Theory of architecture History of architecture |
Writing London asks the reader to consider how writers sought to respond to the nature of London. Drawing on literary and architectural theory and psychoanalysis, Julian Wolfreys looks at a variety of nineteenth-century writings to consider various literary modes of productions as responses to the city.
Writing London features in the following genres: Literary theory, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Cultural studies, Theory of architecture, History of architecture
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Writing London was written by Julian Wolfreys and published by Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan UK
Writing London has 249 pages
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