Dickens and the Virtual City - Urban Perception and the Production of Social Space (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)

This book explores the aesthetic practices used by Dickens to make the space which we have come to know as the Dickensian City. It concentrates on three very precise techniques for the production of social space (counter-mapping, overlaying and troping). The chapters show the scapes and writings which influenced him and the way he transformed them, packaged them and passed them on for future use. The city is shown to be an imagined or virtual world but with a serious aim for a serious game: Dickens sets up a workshop for the simulation of real societies and cities. This urban building with is transferable to other literatures and medial forms. The book offers vital understanding of how writing and image work in particular ways to recreate and re-enchant society and the built environment. It will be of interest to scholars of literature, media, film, urban studies, politics and economics.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture
Release date:	October 2017
First published:	2017
Editors:	Estelle Murail • Sara Thornton
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	295
Edition:	1st ed. 2017
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-35085-1
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 19th century Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General Promotions
LSN:	3-319-35085-4
Barcode:	9783319350851

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