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This study explores the role of fiction in the social production of
the West Central district of London in the nineteenth century. It
tells a new history of the novel from a local geographical
perspective, tracing developments in the form as it engaged with
Bloomsbury in the period it emerged as the city's dominant literary
zone. A neighbourhood that was subject simultaneously to
socio-economic decline and cultural ascent, fiction set in
Bloomsbury is shown to have reconceived the area's marginality as
potential autonomy. Drawing on sociological theory, this book
critically historicizes Bloomsbury's trajectory to show that its
association with the intellectual "fraction" known as the
'Bloomsbury Group' at the beginning of the twentieth century was
symptomatic rather than exceptional. From the 1820s onwards,
writers positioned themselves socially within the metropolitan
geography they projected through their fiction. As Bloomsbury
became increasingly identified with the cultural capital of writers
rather than the economic capital of established wealth, writers
subtly affiliated themselves with the area, and the figure of the
writer and Bloomsbury became symbolically conflated.
Bloomsbury lies at the heart of cultural and intellectual London,
famed for its museums, universities and literary heritage. Matthew
Ingleby's new history ranges across the neighbourhood to explore
hidden corners and reveal unexpected connections between
Bloomsbury's past and present, its buildings and its people, its
austere towers and its garden squares. Ingleby examines the facets
of Bloomsbury that have shaped its identity - its long association
with youth and beginnings; its proud secularism and scepticism; and
its role as London's centre of thinking, writing and publishing. He
draws on the voices of Bloomsbury's most observant residents, such
as Charles Dickens and Virginia Woolf, to explain the character of
the place in a fresh and engaging new way.
This study explores the role of fiction in the social production of
the West Central district of London in the nineteenth century. It
tells a new history of the novel from a local geographical
perspective, tracing developments in the form as it engaged with
Bloomsbury in the period it emerged as the city's dominant literary
zone. A neighbourhood that was subject simultaneously to
socio-economic decline and cultural ascent, fiction set in
Bloomsbury is shown to have reconceived the area's marginality as
potential autonomy. Drawing on sociological theory, this book
critically historicizes Bloomsbury's trajectory to show that its
association with the intellectual "fraction" known as the
'Bloomsbury Group' at the beginning of the twentieth century was
symptomatic rather than exceptional. From the 1820s onwards,
writers positioned themselves socially within the metropolitan
geography they projected through their fiction. As Bloomsbury
became increasingly identified with the cultural capital of writers
rather than the economic capital of established wealth, writers
subtly affiliated themselves with the area, and the figure of the
writer and Bloomsbury became symbolically conflated.
Examines the cultural importance of the coastline in the
nineteenth-century British imagination The long nineteenth century
witnessed a dramatic, varied flourishing in uses for and
understandings of the coast, which could seem at once a space of
clarity or of misty distance, a terminus or a place of embarkation
- a place of solitude and exhilaration, of uselessness and
instrumentality. Coastal Cultures of the Long Nineteenth Century
takes as its subject this diverse set of meanings, using them to
interrogate questions of space, place and cultural production.
Outlining a broad range of coastal imaginings and engagements with
the seaside, the book highlights the multivalent or even
contradictory dimensions of these spaces. The collection offers
essays from major figures in the cutting-edge field of maritime
studies and includes interdisciplinary discussions of coastal
spaces relevant to literary criticism, art history, museum studies,
and cultural geography. Key Features Presents new essays from major
figures in the cutting-edge field of maritime studies Offers
interdisciplinary discussions of coastal spaces relevant to
literary criticism, art history, museum studies and cultural
geography Questions traditional scholarly period boundaries by
spanning the late eighteenth to the early twentieth centuries
This book fosters a wide-ranging and nuanced discussion of the
concept of 'enough'. Acknowledging the prominence of notions of
sufficiency in debates about sustainability, it argues for a more
complex, culturally and historically informed understanding of how
these might be manifested across a wide array of contexts. Rather
than simply adding further case studies of sufficiency in order to
prove the efficacy of what might be called 'finite planet
economics', the book holds up to the light a crucial 'keyword'
within the sustainability discourse, tracing its origins and
anatomising its current repertoire of usages. Chapters focus on the
sufficiency of food, drink and clothing to track the concept of
'enough' from the Middle Ages to the 21st century. By expanding the
historical and cultural scope of sufficiency, this book fills a
significant gap in the current market for authors, students and the
wider informed audience who want to more deeply understand the
changing and developing use of this term.
G. K. Chesterton, London and Modernity is the first book to explore
the persistent theme of the city in Chesterton's writing. Situating
him in relation to both Victorian and Modernist literary paradigms,
the book explores a range of theoretical and methodological
approaches to address the way his imaginative investments and
political interventions conceive urban modernity and the central
figure of London. While Chesterton's work has often been valued for
its wit and whimsy, this book argues that he is also a distinctive
urban commentator, whose sophistication has been underappreciated
in comparison to more canonical contemporaries. With chapters
written by leading scholars in the field of 20th-century
literature, the book also provides fresh readings and suggests new
contexts for central texts such as The Man Who Was Thursday, The
Napoleon of Notting Hill and the Father Brown stories. It also
discusses lesser-known works, such as Manalive and The Club of
Queer Trades, drawing out their significance for scholars
interested in urban representation and practice in the first three
decades of the 20th century.
G. K. Chesterton, London and Modernity is the first book to explore
the persistent theme of the city in Chesterton's writing. Situating
him in relation to both Victorian and Modernist literary paradigms,
the book explores a range of theoretical and methodological
approaches to address the way his imaginative investments and
political interventions conceive urban modernity and the central
figure of London. While Chesterton's work has often been valued for
its wit and whimsy, this book argues that he is also a distinctive
urban commentator, whose sophistication has been underappreciated
in comparison to more canonical contemporaries. With chapters
written by leading scholars in the field of 20th century
literature, the book also provides fresh readings and suggests new
contexts for central texts such as The Man Who Was Thursday, The
Napoleon of Notting Hill and the Father Brown stories. It also
discusses lesser-known works, such as Manalive and The Resurrection
of Rome, drawing out their significance for scholars interested in
urban representation and practice in the first three decades of the
twentieth century.
Examines the cultural importance of the coastline in the
nineteenth-century British imagination The long nineteenth century
witnessed a dramatic, varied flourishing in uses for and
understandings of the coast, which could seem at once a space of
clarity or of misty distance, a terminus or a place of embarkation
- a place of solitude and exhilaration, of uselessness and
instrumentality. Coastal Cultures of the Long Nineteenth Century
takes as its subject this diverse set of meanings, using them to
interrogate questions of space, place and cultural production.
Outlining a broad range of coastal imaginings and engagements with
the seaside, the book highlights the multivalent or even
contradictory dimensions of these spaces. The collection offers
essays from major figures in the cutting-edge field of maritime
studies and includes interdisciplinary discussions of coastal
spaces relevant to literary criticism, art history, museum studies,
and cultural geography. Key Features Presents new essays from major
figures in the cutting-edge field of maritime studies Offers
interdisciplinary discussions of coastal spaces relevant to
literary criticism, art history, museum studies and cultural
geography Questions traditional scholarly period boundaries by
spanning the late eighteenth to the early twentieth centuries
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