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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      October 2014
      October 2014
      ISBN:
      9781139235617
      9781107028036
      9781107609150
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CCO9781139235617
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.64kg, 320 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.44kg, 517 Pages
      • Collection:
      Cambridge Companions to Literature and Classics
      Subjects:
      Literature, English Literature: General Interest
      Series:
      Cambridge Companions to Literature
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    Collection:
    Cambridge Companions to Literature and Classics
    Subjects:
    Literature, English Literature: General Interest
    Series:
    Cambridge Companions to Literature
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    From the myths and legends that fashioned the identities of ancient city-states to the diversity of literary performance in contemporary cities around the world, literature and the city are inseparably entwined. The international team of scholars in this volume offers a comprehensive, accessible survey of the literary city, exploring the myriad cities that authors create and the genres in which cities appear. Early chapters consider the literary legacies of historical and symbolic cities from antiquity to the early modern period. Subsequent chapters consider the importance of literature to the rise of the urban public sphere; the affective experience of city life; the interplay of the urban landscape and memory; the form of the literary city and its responsiveness to social, cultural and technological change; dystopian, nocturnal, pastoral and sublime cities; cities shaped by colonialism and postcolonialism; and the cities of economic, sexual, cultural and linguistic outsiders.

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    A Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2015

    Reviews

    'This volume provides a comprehensive examination of the city and its various meanings and contradictions … The book transcends genre, period boundaries and national divisions, making it an important starting point for those interested in any aspect of the city.'

    Source: Forum for Modern Language Studies

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