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The Palgrave Handbook Of Literature And
Professor Jeremy . Ed(S): Tambling
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Description for The Palgrave Handbook Of Literature And
Hardback. Editor(s): Tambling, Professor Jeremy. Num Pages: 863 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSB; HBT; JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 1484.
This book is about the impact of literature upon cities world-wide, and cities upon literature. It examines why the city matters so much to contemporary critical theory, and why it has inspired so many forms of writing which have attempted to deal with its challenges to think about it and to represent it. Gathering together 40 contributors who look at different modes of writing and film-making in throughout the world, this handbook asks how the modern city has engendered so much theoretical consideration, and looks at cities and their literature from China to Peru, from New York to Paris, from ... Read more
This book is about the impact of literature upon cities world-wide, and cities upon literature. It examines why the city matters so much to contemporary critical theory, and why it has inspired so many forms of writing which have attempted to deal with its challenges to think about it and to represent it. Gathering together 40 contributors who look at different modes of writing and film-making in throughout the world, this handbook asks how the modern city has engendered so much theoretical consideration, and looks at cities and their literature from China to Peru, from New York to Paris, from ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
863
Condition
New
Number of Pages
863
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137549105
SKU
V9781137549105
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99-15
About Professor Jeremy . Ed(S): Tambling
Jeremy Tambling has been Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Hong Kong and at the University of Manchester, UK; and is author of over twenty books on literary and cultural theory, many engaged with cities and urban theory.
Reviews for The Palgrave Handbook Of Literature And
“This large compendium explores the importance of writings about a city to how cities become embedded in the popular imagination. … The handbook abounds with examples of themes and locations. … of interest to those who believe that fiction can be as illuminating as nonfiction, and that the way cities have become inscribed in literature shapes and reflects perceptions of ... Read more