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Literary Urban Studies and How to Practice It is the first textbook
in literary urban studies (LUS). It illuminates and investigates
this exciting field, which has grown since the humanities' 'spatial
turn' of the 1990s and 2000s. The book introduces city literature,
urban methods of reading, classics in LUS and new directions in the
field. It outlines the located qualities of literary narratives,
texts and events through three units. First, the concept of the
city and the main methods and terms needed as tools for
investigating city literatures are introduced. A second section,
ordered historically, shows how notions like pre-modern, realist,
modernist, postcolonial and planetary actually work in nuanced
explorations of actual writers, texts and places. The third unit
covers literary urban modes: fictional and non-fictional prose in
multiple genres; poetry and the idea of the city; dramatic city
representation and the theatre as urban place. Multiple key
categories of place are explored: the sacred spaces of religion;
entry points such as railway stations and junctions; residential
areas such as the 'slum', suburb and mass housing district; hubs of
publishing and performance; categories of city such as the port and
resort. In each chapter key terms, reflection questions and tasks
labelled 'Research It' support reference and learning. Some
Research It tasks enable readers to enter new areas of LUS by
engaging with neighbouring disciplines like human geography,
cultural history, sociology and urban studies. Others equip users
by sharpening particular skills of writing or documentation. A
thorough glossary of key terms and concepts aids the reader.
Literary Urban Studies and How to Practice It is designed for
application to literatures and cities in any period and part of the
world. Armed with it, humanities researchers at any career stage
can develop their interdisciplinary skills and ability to
participate in activism and public debates while becoming
specialised in LUS. The book is a gateway to practicing LUS and
spatial literary research.
Literary Urban Studies and How to Practice It is the first textbook
in literary urban studies (LUS). It illuminates and investigates
this exciting field, which has grown since the humanities' 'spatial
turn' of the 1990s and 2000s. The book introduces city literature,
urban methods of reading, classics in LUS and new directions in the
field. It outlines the located qualities of literary narratives,
texts and events through three units. First, the concept of the
city and the main methods and terms needed as tools for
investigating city literatures are introduced. A second section,
ordered historically, shows how notions like pre-modern, realist,
modernist, postcolonial and planetary actually work in nuanced
explorations of actual writers, texts and places. The third unit
covers literary urban modes: fictional and non-fictional prose in
multiple genres; poetry and the idea of the city; dramatic city
representation and the theatre as urban place. Multiple key
categories of place are explored: the sacred spaces of religion;
entry points such as railway stations and junctions; residential
areas such as the 'slum', suburb and mass housing district; hubs of
publishing and performance; categories of city such as the port and
resort. In each chapter key terms, reflection questions and tasks
labelled 'Research It' support reference and learning. Some
Research It tasks enable readers to enter new areas of LUS by
engaging with neighbouring disciplines like human geography,
cultural history, sociology and urban studies. Others equip users
by sharpening particular skills of writing or documentation. A
thorough glossary of key terms and concepts aids the reader.
Literary Urban Studies and How to Practice It is designed for
application to literatures and cities in any period and part of the
world. Armed with it, humanities researchers at any career stage
can develop their interdisciplinary skills and ability to
participate in activism and public debates while becoming
specialised in LUS. The book is a gateway to practicing LUS and
spatial literary research.
The Materiality of Literary Narratives in Urban History explores a
variety of geographical and cultural contexts to examine what
literary texts, grasped as material objects and reflections on
urban materialities, have to offer for urban history. The
contributing writers' approach to literary narratives and
materialities in urban history is summarised within the
conceptualisation 'materiality in/of literature': the way in which
literary narratives at once refer to the material world and
actively partake in the material construction of the world. This
book takes a geographically multipolar and multidisciplinary
approach to discuss cities in the UK, the US, India, South Africa,
Finland, and France whilst examining a wide range of textual genres
from the novel to cartoons, advertising copy, architecture and
urban planning, and archaeological writing. In the process,
attention is drawn to narrative complexities embedded within
literary fiction and to the dialogue between narratives and
historical change. The Materiality of Literary Narratives in Urban
History has three areas of focus: literary fiction as form of urban
materiality, literary narratives as social investigations of the
material city, and the narrating of silenced material lives as
witnessed in various narrative sources.
The Materiality of Literary Narratives in Urban History explores a
variety of geographical and cultural contexts to examine what
literary texts, grasped as material objects and reflections on
urban materialities, have to offer for urban history. The
contributing writers' approach to literary narratives and
materialities in urban history is summarised within the
conceptualisation 'materiality in/of literature': the way in which
literary narratives at once refer to the material world and
actively partake in the material construction of the world. This
book takes a geographically multipolar and multidisciplinary
approach to discuss cities in the UK, the US, India, South Africa,
Finland, and France whilst examining a wide range of textual genres
from the novel to cartoons, advertising copy, architecture and
urban planning, and archaeological writing. In the process,
attention is drawn to narrative complexities embedded within
literary fiction and to the dialogue between narratives and
historical change. The Materiality of Literary Narratives in Urban
History has three areas of focus: literary fiction as form of urban
materiality, literary narratives as social investigations of the
material city, and the narrating of silenced material lives as
witnessed in various narrative sources.
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T Toomas Nipernaadi (Paperback)
August Gailit; Translated by Eva Finch, Jason Finch
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This book demonstrates how city literature addresses questions of
possibility. In city literature, ideas of possibility emerge
primarily through two perspectives: texts may focus on what is
possible for cities, and they may present the urban environment as
a site of possibility for individuals or communities. The volume
combines reflections on urban possibility from a range of
geographical and cultural contexts-in addition to the
English-speaking world, individual chapters analyse possible cities
and possible urban lives in Turkey, Israel, Finland, Germany,
Russia and Sweden. Moreover, by engaging with issues such as city
planning, mass housing, gentrification, informal settlements and
translocal identities, the book shows imaginative literature at
work outlining what possibility means in cities.
This book demonstrates how city literature addresses questions of
possibility. In city literature, ideas of possibility emerge
primarily through two perspectives: texts may focus on what is
possible for cities, and they may present the urban environment as
a site of possibility for individuals or communities. The volume
combines reflections on urban possibility from a range of
geographical and cultural contexts-in addition to the
English-speaking world, individual chapters analyse possible cities
and possible urban lives in Turkey, Israel, Finland, Germany,
Russia and Sweden. Moreover, by engaging with issues such as city
planning, mass housing, gentrification, informal settlements and
translocal identities, the book shows imaginative literature at
work outlining what possibility means in cities.
This book brings together geographers and literary scholars in a
series of engagements near the boundaries of their disciplines. In
urban studies, disproportionate attention has been given to a small
set of privileged 'first' cities. This volume problematizes the
dominance of such alpha cities, offering a wide perspective on
'second cities' and their literature. The volume is divided into
three themed sections. 'In the Shadow of the Alpha City'
problematizes the image of cities defined by their function and
size, bringing out the contradictions and contestations inherent in
cultural productions of second cities, including Birmingham and
Bristol in the UK, Las Vegas in the USA, and Tartu in Estonia.
'Frontier Second Cities' pays attention to the multiple and
trans-national pasts of second cities which occupy border zones,
with a focus on Narva, in Estonia, and Turkish/Kurdish Diyarbakir.
The final section, 'The Diffuse Second City', examines networks the
diffuse secondary city made up of interlinked small cities,
suburban sprawl and urban overspill, with literary case studies
from Italy, Sweden, and Finland.
Cities have always been defined by their centrality. But literature
demonstrates that their diverse peripheries define them, too: from
suburbs to slums, rubbish dumps to nightclubs and entire failed
cities. The contributors to this collection explore literary urban
peripheries through readings of literature from four continents and
numerous cities.
Cities have always been defined by their centrality. But literature
demonstrates that their diverse peripheries define them, too: from
suburbs to slums, rubbish dumps to nightclubs and entire failed
cities. The contributors to this collection explore literary urban
peripheries through readings of literature from four continents and
numerous cities.
This book brings together geographers and literary scholars in a
series of engagements near the boundaries of their disciplines. In
urban studies, disproportionate attention has been given to a small
set of privileged 'first' cities. This volume problematizes the
dominance of such alpha cities, offering a wide perspective on
'second cities' and their literature. The volume is divided into
three themed sections. 'In the Shadow of the Alpha City'
problematizes the image of cities defined by their function and
size, bringing out the contradictions and contestations inherent in
cultural productions of second cities, including Birmingham and
Bristol in the UK, Las Vegas in the USA, and Tartu in Estonia.
'Frontier Second Cities' pays attention to the multiple and
trans-national pasts of second cities which occupy border zones,
with a focus on Narva, in Estonia, and Turkish/Kurdish Diyarbakir.
The final section, 'The Diffuse Second City', examines networks the
diffuse secondary city made up of interlinked small cities,
suburban sprawl and urban overspill, with literary case studies
from Italy, Sweden, and Finland.
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