This innovative book aims to examine the crucial role played by the
spaces of the city in the construction of modernism. By focusing
upon a number of key cities the book is able to consider the
influence of the urban landscape upon the various modernisms that
appeared in the period from c.1890 to 1940. The book takes a
distinctive approach to the topic by focusing upon the interactions
between the literary texts and the institutions of cultural
production found in London, Paris, Berlin and New York. As well as
exciting analyses of key modernist texts, each chapter considers
the sites in which modernism emerged: publishing houses, bookshops,
discussion circles, salons, and cafes. Clearly argued throughout,
it demonstrates how particular geographies marked the nature of
modernism by analysing new urban features such as underground
transport systems; the growth of the suburbs; and architectural
forms such as the skyscraper. Particular attention is given to the
transnational qualities of modernist writing by examining writers
whose view of the cities considered is that of migrants, exiles or
strangers (e.g. Joyce, Stein and Barnes in Paris; Eliot, James and
Pound in London; Isherwood in Berlin; Kafka on New York). This book
will be of major interest to all those studying modernism and also
to those working in related fields, such as urban studies and
cultural geography. Key Features * Wide ranging coverage of
authors, texts and films in the period * Interdisciplinary analysis
of the social and technological contexts of modernist production *
Clear focus upon four cities of central significance to modernism *
Introduces via key examples the theory of a critical literary
geography
General
| Imprint: |
Edinburgh University Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Edinburgh Critical Studies in Modernist Culture |
| Release date: |
2019 |
| First published: |
August 2013 |
| Authors: |
Andrew Thacker
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| Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
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| Pages: |
296 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-7486-3347-0 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
0-7486-3347-2 |
| Barcode: |
9780748633470 |
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