The Cambridge companion to the literature of London

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The Cambridge companion to the literature of London

Statement of responsibility

edited by Lawrence Manley

Contributor

• Manley, Lawrence, 1949-
• Manley, Lawrence, 1949-
• Manley, Lawrence, 1949-

Subject

• English literature -- England | London -- History and criticism
• English literature -- England | London -- History and criticism
• English literature -- England | London -- History and criticism
• Literature and society -- England -- History
• Literature and society -- England -- History
• Literature and society -- England -- History
• London (England) -- In literature
• London (England) -- In literature
• London (England) -- In literature
• London (England) -- Intellectual life
• London (England) -- Intellectual life
• London (England) -- Intellectual life

Language

eng

Summary

"London has provided the setting and inspiration for a host of literary works in English, from canonical masterpieces to the popular and ephemeral. Drawing upon a variety of methods and materials, the essays in this volume explore the London of Langland and the Peasants' Rebellion, of Shakespeare and the Elizabethan stage, of Pepys and the Restoration coffee house, of Dickens and Victorian wealth and poverty, of Conrad and the Empire, of Woolf and the wartime Blitz, of Naipaul and postcolonial immigration, and of contemporary globalism. Contributions from historians, art historians, theorists and media specialists as well as leading literary scholars exemplify current approaches to genre, gender studies, book history, performance studies and urban studies. In showing how the tradition of English literature is shaped by representations of London, this volume also illuminates the relationship between the literary imagination and the society of one of the world's greatest cities"--

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• Cambridge companions to literature

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Provided by publisher

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DLC

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Cambridge companions to literature