Modernism, Space and the City Outsiders and Affect in Paris, Vienna, Berlin, and London |
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| Author:
| Thacker, Andrew |
| Series title: | Edinburgh Critical Studies in Modernist Culture Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7486-3347-0 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2018 |
| Publisher: | Edinburgh University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $266.99 |
Book Description:
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This innovative book examines the development of modernist writing in four European cities: London, Paris, Berlin and Vienna. Focusing on how literary outsiders represented various spaces in these cities, it draws upon contemporary theories of affect and literary geography. Particular attention is given to the transnational qualities of modernist writing by examining writers whose view of the cities considered is that of migrants, exiles or strangers, including Mulk Raj Anand, Blaise...
More DescriptionThis innovative book examines the development of modernist writing in four European cities: London, Paris, Berlin and Vienna. Focusing on how literary outsiders represented various spaces in these cities, it draws upon contemporary theories of affect and literary geography. Particular attention is given to the transnational qualities of modernist writing by examining writers whose view of the cities considered is that of migrants, exiles or strangers, including Mulk Raj Anand, Blaise Cendrars, Bryher, Joseph Conrad, T. S. Eliot, Christopher Isherwood, Hope Mirrlees, Noami Mitchison, Jean Rhys, Sam Selvon and Stephen Spender.