The Literary and Cultural Spaces of Restoration London
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: February 13, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 295
ISBN-13: 9780521024204
Subjects: Literary studies: 16th to 18th centuries; Literary Criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism; English; British Isles; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; English literature--England--London--History; English literature--England--London--History and criticism; Literary Criticism & Collections / Eastern European; Literary Criticism & Collections / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
First sentence: From his walk through the hot ruins of London, John Evelyn marked in his diary the conditions of fundamental change, of terrifying difference: the ancient, familiar, topographically stable city had become inaccessible and unknowable within the space of four days.