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Julian Wolfreys - Writing London, Volume 3: Inventions of the Other City - 9780230008953 - V9780230008953
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Writing London, Volume 3: Inventions of the Other City

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Description for Writing London, Volume 3: Inventions of the Other City Hardcover. This book stages a series of interventions and inventions of urban space between 1880 and 1930 in key literary texts of the period. Making sharp distinctions between modernity and modernism, the volume reassesses the city as a series of singular sites irreducible to stable identities, concluding with an extended reading of The Waste Land. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
This book stages a series of interventions and inventions of urban space between 1880 and 1930 in key literary texts of the period. Making sharp distinctions between modernity and modernism, the volume reassesses the city as a series of singular sites irreducible to stable identities, concluding with an extended reading of The Waste Land .

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Number of Pages
262
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230008953
SKU
V9780230008953
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Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
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99-15

About Julian Wolfreys
Julian Wolfreys is Professor of Modern Literature and Culture at Loughborough University, UK. He was previously Professor in Literature at the University of Florida, USA. His teaching and research is concerned with 19th- and 20th-century British literary and cultural studies, literary theory, the poetics and politics of identity, and the idea of the city. He is the series editor of ... Read more

Reviews for Writing London, Volume 3: Inventions of the Other City
'Julian Wolfreys' series of Writing London books goes from strength to strength. This volume contains admirable readings of the way a series of writers 'invent' London by way of telling stories about particular locations within it - including wonderful chapters on London at night, on Richard Marsh's The Beetle , on Amy Levy and Arnold Bennett (he revived an interest ... Read more

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