Writing the City examines and challenges the traditional transatlantic axis of urban modernism, London-Paris-New York, an axis that has often elided the historical importance of other centers that have shaped metropolitan identities and discourses. According to Desmond Harding, James Joyce's internationalist vision of Dublin generates powerful epistemic and cultural tropes that reconceive the idea of the modern city as a moral phenomenon in transcultural and transhistorical terms. Taking up the works of both Joyce and John Dos Passos, Harding investigates the lasting contributions these author's made to transatlantic intellectual thought in their efforts to envisage the city.
| ISBN: | 9780415942768 |
| Publication date: | 1st May 2003 |
| Author: | Desmond Harding |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 224 pages |
| Series: | Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory |
| Genres: |
Literature: history and criticism |
Writing the City examines and challenges the traditional transatlantic axis of urban modernism, London-Paris-New York, an axis that has often elided the historical importance of other centers that have shaped metropolitan identities and discourses. According to Desmond Harding, James Joyce's internationalist vision of Dublin generates powerful epistemic and cultural tropes that reconceive the idea of the modern city as a moral phenomenon in transcultural and transhistorical terms. Taking up the works of both Joyce and John Dos Passos, Harding investigates the lasting contributions these author's made to transatlantic intellectual thought in their efforts to envisage the city.
Writing the City features in the following genres: Literature: history and criticism
Writing the City is available in Paperback, Ebook, Hardback
Writing the City was written by Desmond Harding and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
Writing the City has 224 pages
Yes it is part of Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory series
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