While literary modernism is often associated with Euro-American metropolises such as London, Paris or New York, this book considers the place of the colonial city in modernist fiction. From the streets of Dublin to the shop-houses of Singapore, and from the botanical gardens of Bombay to the suburbs...

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1. Verfasser:	Vandertop, Caitlin 19XX- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2020
Schlagworte:	English literature / 20th century / History and criticism Colonial cities in literature Urbanization in literature Modernism (Literature)
Online-Zugang:	BSB01 UBG01 Volltext
Zusammenfassung:	While literary modernism is often associated with Euro-American metropolises such as London, Paris or New York, this book considers the place of the colonial city in modernist fiction. From the streets of Dublin to the shop-houses of Singapore, and from the botanical gardens of Bombay to the suburbs of Suva, the monumental landscapes of British colonial cities aimed to reinforce empire's universalising claims, yet these spaces also contradicted and resisted the impositions of an idealised English culture. Inspired by the uneven landscapes of the urban British empire, a group of twentieth-century writers transformed the visual incongruities and anachronisms on display in the city streets into sources of critique and formal innovation. Showing how these writers responded to empire's metrocolonial complexities and built legacies, Modernism in the Metrocolony traces an alternative, peripheral history of the modernist city
Beschreibung:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 12 Nov 2020) Introduction: The colonies in concrete -- Metrocolonial modernism -- Architectures of free trade in Conrad's Singapore -- Synchronising empire time in Joyce's Dublin -- Anglo-Indian crises of development Indian crises of development -- Ecologies of empire in Oceanian modernism -- Conclusion: Mega-Dublins
Beschreibung:	1 Online-Ressource (vii, 203 Seiten)
ISBN:	9781108891127
DOI:	10.1017/9781108891127