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BL
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961739
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b716109
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| Title & Author
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Writing the city : : Eden, Babylon, and the New Jerusalem /\ edited by Peter Preston and Paul Simpson-Housley.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;New York :: Routledge,, 1994.
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1 online resource (xii, 351 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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020321336X
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: 0415106672
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: 6610336318
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: 9780203213360
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: 9780415106672
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: 9786610336319
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0415106672
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of maps and figures; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; INTRODUCTION: WRITING THE CITY; BELFAST: BERNARD MAC LAVERTY'S HEART OF DARKNESS; MANCHESTER AND MILTON-NORTHERN: ELIZABETH GASKELL AND THE INDUSTRIAL TOWN; CONTRASTING THE NATURE OF THE WRITTEN CITY: HELSINKI IN REGIONALISTIC THOUGHT AND AS A DWELLING-PLACE; THE ST. PETERSBURG OF OBLOMOV AND CRIME AND PUNISHMENT; CITY-ICON IN A POETIC GEOGRAPHY: PUSHKIN'S ODESSA; VERY DIFFERENT MONTREALS: PATHWAYS THROUGH THE CITY AND ETHNICITY IN NOVELS BY AUTHORS OF DIFFERENT ORIGINS.
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| Abstract
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Arguing that classic geographical descriptions of the city fail to accomodate the crucial aspect of human life, this visualizes the city through the hopes, aspirations, disappointments and pains of international novelists and creative writers.
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Cities and towns in literature.
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Literature, Modern-- 19th century-- History and criticism.
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Literature, Modern-- 20th century-- History and criticism.
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Littérature-- 20e siècle-- Histoire et critique.
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Villes dans la littérature.
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Cities and towns in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- General.
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Literature, Modern.
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TRAVEL-- Special Interest-- Literary.
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| Dewey Classification
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809/.93321732
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PN56.C55W75 1994eb
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| Added Entry
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Preston, Peter,1944-
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Simpson-Housley, Paul.
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