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1017303
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b771673
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Wolfreys, Julian,1958-
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Writing London /\ Julian Wolfreys.
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| Publication Statement
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Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire :: Macmillan Press ;New York :: St. Martin's Press,, 1998-2007
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volumes 1-3 :: illustrations ;; 23 cm
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023000895X
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: 0312214529
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: 0333736869
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: 9780230008953
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: 9780312214524
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: 9780333736869
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: 9780333914298
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| Notes
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Vol. 2 has imprint: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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| Contents
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[v. 1] The trace of the urban text from Blake to Dickens -- Blake's London; London's Blake: an introduction to the spirit of London or, on the way to apocalypse -- 'Half lost in night': envisioning London or, romantic poetry's capital snapshots -- Citephobia: the anxiety of representation or, fear and loathing in London: Thomas De Quincey, Friedrich Engels, and William Wordsworth -- Dickensian architextures or, the city and the ineffable -- Fragments, supplements, palimpsests: a photo essay -- Afterword: 'the only game in town' or London to come. v. 2. Materiality, memory, spectrality -- v. 3. Inventions of the city.
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How did writers in the nineteenth century come to terms with the phenomenon of London, the world's largest and most rapidly expanding city? How did they perceive the 'modern Babylon' in all its excesses and chaos, and how did the rapid change and development of London affect or alter their prose and poetry? Did London, in fact, help to shape modern literary conceptions and representations of urban space and its effects on our lives in cities, as city-dwellers?
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Drawing on literary theory, psychoanalysis and architectural theory, Julian Wolfreys looks at a variety of responses in poetry, fiction and autobiographical writing to consider the apocalyptic, the labyrinthine and the phobic modes of production among numerous reactions to the city.
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These questions are raised in Writing London, which asks the reader to consider how writers in the first half of the nineteenth century sought to respond to the nature of London, a city quite unlike any other during this period.
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Blake, William,1757-1827-- Knowledge-- London (England)
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Dickens, Charles,1812-1870-- Knowledge-- London (England)
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Blake, William,1757-1827-- Knowledge-- England-- London.
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Dickens, William,1812-1870-- Knowledge-- England-- London.
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Blake, William,1757-1827-- Et Londres (Angleterre)
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Dickens, Charles,1812-1870-- Et Londres (Angleterre)
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Blake, William,1757-1827-- Knowledge-- Great Britain-- London.
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Blake, William,1757-1827.
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Blake, William.
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Dickens, Charles,1812-1870-- Knowledge-- England-- London.
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Dickens, Charles,1812-1870.
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Dickens, Charles.
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Authors, English-- Homes and haunts-- England-- London.
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City and town life in literature.
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English literature-- 19th century-- History and criticism.
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English literature-- England-- London-- History and criticism.
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Littérature anglaise-- 19e siècle-- Histoire et critique.
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Littérature anglaise-- Angleterre-- Londres-- Histoire et critique.
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Londres (Angleterre) dans la littérature.
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Vie urbaine dans la littérature.
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Villes dans la littérature.
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Authors, English-- Homes and haunts.
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Cities and towns in literature.
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City and town life in literature.
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City and town life in literature.
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English literature-- 19th century-- History and criticism.
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English literature.
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Großstadt
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Intellectual life.
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Literatur
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Literature.
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littérature anglaise-- ville-- Londres (Grande-Bretagne)-- 19e s.-- 20e s.
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London (England), In literature.
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London (England), Intellectual life, 19th century.
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Londres (Angleterre), Vie intellectuelle, 19e siècle.
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England, London.
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Englisch.
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London (England), In literature.
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London (England), Intellectual life, 19th century.
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London (Motiv)
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| Dewey Classification
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820.9/32421
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| LC Classification
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PR8477.W65 1998
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