G. Pope
Palgrave Macmillan UK
e druk, 2015
9781137342454
Reading London's Suburbs
From Charles Dickens to Zadie Smith
Specificaties
Gebonden, blz.
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Engels
Palgrave Macmillan UK |
e druk, 2015
ISBN13: 9781137342454
Rubricering
Levertijd ongeveer 8 werkdagen
Samenvatting
A study of London suburban-set writing, exploring the links between place and fiction. This book charts a picture of evolving themes and concerns around the legibility and meaning of habitat and home for the individual, and the serious challenges that suburbia sets for literature.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9781137342454
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:gebonden
Uitgever:Palgrave Macmillan UK
Hoofdrubriek:Woordenboeken en taal
Inhoudsopgave
Acknowledgements List of abbreviations Introduction: 'Where is Clapham? Does Clapham even exist?': Suburban Invisibility 1. "Houseless–Homeless–Hopeless!": Suburbs, Slums and Ghosts 1830 – 1870 2. 'A World of Mud and Fog': The High Victorian and Edwardian Suburb, 1880 – 1914 3. 'The Third England': Suburban Fiction and Modernity, 1918 – 1939 4. 'Your Environment Makes as Little Sense as your Life': Post-War Suburbia 1945-1980 5. 'I Tried to Work Out Where I Was': Contemporary Suburbia Conclusion: 'All Stories are Spatial Stories' Notes Bibliography