Fictions of the city: class, culture and mass housing in London and Paris

"Many studies of fictions of city life take the flneur as the characteristic metropolitan type and streets and plazas as definitive urban spaces. Looking at novels and films set in London and Paris from L'Assommoir to Nil By Mouth, this book shows that mass housing is equally central to im...

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Main Author: Taunton, Matthew (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Basingstoke [u.a.] Palgrave Macmillan 2009
Edition:1. publ.
Series:Language, discourse, society
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:"Many studies of fictions of city life take the flneur as the characteristic metropolitan type and streets and plazas as definitive urban spaces. Looking at novels and films set in London and Paris from L'Assommoir to Nil By Mouth, this book shows that mass housing is equally central to images of the modern city"--Provided by publisher.
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:VI, 204 S. 23 cm
ISBN:9780230579767
0230579760

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