London Narratives
Subtitle: Post-war Fiction And the City (Continuum Literary Studies)
Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group
Published: November 9, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 174
ISBN-13: 9780826484529
Subjects: Novels, other prose & writers: from c 1900 -; Literary Criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism; English; London, Greater London; General; Europe - France; European - General; 20th century; England; English fiction; History and criticism; London; Place (Philosophy) in literature
Description: "The post-war redevelopment of London has been the most extensive in its history, and has been accompanied by a dramatic social and cultural upheaval. This book explores the literary re-imagining of the city in post-war fiction and argues that the image, history and narrative of the city has been transformed alongside the physical rebuilding and repositioning of the capital. Drawing on the ideas of Michel de Certeau, Henri Lefebvre, Anthony Vigler and others, as well as the latest work on urban representation, this book is an important contribution to the study of the intersection between place, lived experience and the literary imagination."--Jacket.