The Making of London [electronic resource] : London in Contemporary Literature /
Groes, S.author.
London has become the focus of a ferocious imaginative energy since the rise of Thatcher. The Making of London analyses the body of work by writers who have committed their writing to the many lives of a city undergoing complex transformations, tracing a major shift in the representation of the capital city.
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Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: From 'ellowen deeowen' to 'Babylondon': London is a Language; 1 'Fabricked out of Literature and Myth': Maureen Duffy's Londons; 2 'Of Real Experience Mixed with Myth': Michael Moorcock's Authentic London Myths; 3 'A Zoo fit for Psychopaths': J. G. Ballard versus London; 4 'Struck out of Pure Invention': Iain Sinclair and the Problem of London; 5 'In Preordained Patterns': Peter Ackroyd and the Voices of London; 6 'Beyond the Responsibility of Place': Ian McEwan's Londons
7 'In a Prose so Diagonal and Mood-Warped': Martin Amis's Scatological London8 'Through a Confusion of Languages': Mastering London with Salman Rushdie and Hanif Kureishi; 9 'Kyan you imagine dat?': The New London Languages of Zadie Smith and Monica Ali; Conclusion: London Undone?; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
London has become the focus of a ferocious imaginative energy since the rise of Thatcher. The Making of London analyses the body of work by writers who have committed their writing to the many lives of a city undergoing complex transformations, tracing a major shift in the representation of the capital city.
Literature-Philosophy.
Culture-Study and teaching.
British literature.
Literature, Modern-20th century.
Fiction.
Literature, Modern-21st century.
Literary Theory.
Cultural Theory.
British and Irish Literature.
Twentieth-Century Literature.
Fiction.
Contemporary Literature.