Alternative modernities in French travel writing: engaging urban space in London and New York, 1851-1986

Ever since human beings first travelled, cities have constituted important material and literary destinations. While the city has formed a key theme for scholars of literary fiction, travellers' writings on the western city have been somewhat neglected by travel studies. However, travel writing...

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1. Verfasser: Jein, Gillian 1978- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London Anthem Press 2016
Schriftenreihe:Anthem studies in travel
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Zusammenfassung:Ever since human beings first travelled, cities have constituted important material and literary destinations. While the city has formed a key theme for scholars of literary fiction, travellers' writings on the western city have been somewhat neglected by travel studies. However, travel writing with its attention to difference provides a rich source for the study of representational strategies and tactics in modern urban space
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Introduction: Approaching the city -- Producing the city -- Urban oppositions : producing French space in nineteenth-century London -- Revealing and reconstructing London -- Wandering geometry : order and identity in New York -- Writing around the lines : interpretive travel writing -- Conclusion
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (vi, 269 Seiten)
ISBN:9781783085149

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