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Writing London - by J Wolfreys (Hardcover)

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  • This book stages a series of interventions and inventions of urban space between 1880 and 1930 in key literary texts of the period.
  • About the Author: Julian Wolfreys is Professor of Modern Literature and Culture at Loughborough University, UK.
  • 262 Pages
  • Literary Criticism, European

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This book stages a series of interventions and inventions of urban space between 1880 and 1930 in key literary texts of the period. Making sharp distinctions between modernity and modernism, the volume reassesses the city as a series of singular sites irreducible to stable identities, concluding with an extended reading of The Waste Land .



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'Julian Wolfreys' series of Writing London books goes from strength to strength. This volume contains admirable readings of the way a series of writers 'invent' London by way of telling stories about particular locations within it - including wonderful chapters on London at night, on Richard Marsh's The Beetle, on Amy Levy and Arnold Bennett (he revived an interest in Bennett for me!), on John Berger and Iain Sinclair, and, last, on Eliot's The Waste Land . The Eliot chapter is by far the best essay on The Waste Land I have ever read. It is a genuine tour de force, as is the whole book.' - Professor J. Hillis Miller, Distinguished Professor, University of California, Irvine, USA




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Julian Wolfreys is Professor of Modern Literature and Culture at Loughborough University, UK. He was previously Professor in Literature at the University of Florida, USA. His teaching and research is concerned with 19th- and 20th-century British literary and cultural studies, literary theory, the poetics and politics of identity, and the idea of the city. He is the series editor of Transitions and has written many course texts for Literature students, notably The English Literature Companion .
Dimensions (Overall): 8.5 Inches (H) x 5.4 Inches (W) x .8 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.0 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 262
Genre: Literary Criticism
Sub-Genre: European
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Theme: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Format: Hardcover
Author: J Wolfreys
Language: English
Street Date: July 12, 2007
TCIN: 1006475050
UPC: 9780230008953
Item Number (DPCI): 247-27-8296
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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