Fictions of the City [electronic resource] : Class, Culture and Mass Housing in London and Paris /
Taunton, Matthew.author.
Many studies of fictions of city life take the flâneur as the characteristic metropolitan type and streets and plazas as definitive urban spaces. Looking at novels and films set in London and Paris from  L'Assommoir  to Nil By Mouth , this book shows that mass housing is equally central to images of the modern city.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Haussman's Paris and the immeuble -- The London suburbs -- The Parisian Banlieue -- Council housing in London.
Many studies of fictions of city life take the flâneur as the characteristic metropolitan type and streets and plazas as definitive urban spaces. Looking at novels and films set in London and Paris from  L'Assommoir  to Nil By Mouth , this book shows that mass housing is equally central to images of the modern city.
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