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The Figure of the Crowd in Early Modern London. The City and its Double.
I. Munro
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Description for The Figure of the Crowd in Early Modern London. The City and its Double.
Paperback. Series: Early Modern Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
The Figure of the Crowd in Early Modern London examines the cultural phenomenon of the urban crowd in the context of early modern London's population crisis. The book explores the crowd's double function as a symbol of the city's growth and as the necessary context for the public performance of urban culture. Its central argument is that the figure of the crowd acts as a supplement to the symbolic space of the city, at once providing a tangible referent for urban meaning and threatening the legibility of that meaning through its motive force and uncontrollable energy.
The Figure of the Crowd in Early Modern London examines the cultural phenomenon of the urban crowd in the context of early modern London's population crisis. The book explores the crowd's double function as a symbol of the city's growth and as the necessary context for the public performance of urban culture. Its central argument is that the figure of the crowd acts as a supplement to the symbolic space of the city, at once providing a tangible referent for urban meaning and threatening the legibility of that meaning through its motive force and uncontrollable energy.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Series
Early Modern Cultural Studies
Number of Pages
255
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349529513
SKU
V9781349529513
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99-15
About I. Munro
IAN MUNRO is a specialist in early modern theater, literature and culture. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1998 and now teaches at the University of Alberta, Canada.
Reviews for The Figure of the Crowd in Early Modern London. The City and its Double.
"Ian Munro s clever and informative account of London in the early modern period takes as its focus the dual nature of the growing metropolis - the city and its people - and argues that the two are inseparable but, surprisingly, finally amount to nothing. " - Renaissance Quarterly "[A] clever and informative account of London in ... Read more