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986663
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b741033
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Main Entry
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Freeman, Nicholas.
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Title & Author
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Conceiving the city : : London, literature, and art 1870-1914 /\ Nicholas Freeman.
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Publication Statement
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Oxford ;New York :: Oxford University Press,, 2007.
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Page. NO
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1 online resource (x, 240 pages)
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ISBN
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0191527319
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: 1281149683
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: 1435613996
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: 6611149686
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: 9780191527319
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: 9781281149688
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: 9781435613997
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: 9786611149680
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0199218188
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9780199218189
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Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-230) and index.
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Contents
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The problem of London -- Inclusion and confusion: empiricist London -- Shadows and fog: impressionist London -- That untravell'd world: symbolist London.
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Abstract
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Conceiving the City looks at how major writers and artists - Henry James, Monet, Whistler - as well as less familiar figures represented London in fiction, poetry, essays, and art. It shows that late-Victorian fin-de-si--egrave--;cle London emerged as a focus for dynamic, explicitly modern art as writers and artists broke with earlier tradition and bent realism into exciting new shapes, from naturalism to impressionism and symbolism. - ;Conceiving the City is an innovative study of the ways in which a generation of late-Victorian novelists, poets, painters, and theoreticians attempted to repre.
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Subject
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Art and literature-- England-- History.
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English literature, Illustrations.
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English literature-- England-- London-- History and criticism.
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Literature and society-- England-- History.
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Art and literature.
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Englische Literatur-- Motiv-- London.
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Englische Literatur-- London-- Geschichte 19. Jh.
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Englische Literatur-- London-- Geschichte 20. Jh.
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English literature.
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Intellectual life.
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Kultur : Geschichte.
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Kultur-- London-- Geschichte 19. Jh.
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Kultur-- London-- Geschichte 20. Jh.
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Kunst-- Motiv (Kunst)-- Grossbritannien-- London-- Geschichte-- 1870-1914.
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Kunst-- Motiv-- London.
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Künste.
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- European-- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Literatur-- Englisch-- Motiv (Literatur)-- Grossbritannien-- London-- Geschichte-- 1870-1914.
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Literature and society.
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Literature.
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Bellettrie.
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Engels.
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Kunst.
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London (England), In art.
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London (England), In literature.
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London (England), Intellectual life.
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England, London.
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England.
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Londen.
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London, Motiv (Kunst), Geschichte, 1870-1914.
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London, Motiv (Literatur), Englisch, Geschichte, 1870-1914.
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Subject
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London, Motiv, Englische Literatur.
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Subject
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London, Motiv, Kunst.
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Dewey Classification
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820.9/32421
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LC Classification
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PR8471.F74 2007eb
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NLM classification
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18.05bcl
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20.70bcl
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