The Literary and Cultural Spaces of Restoration London |
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| Author:
| Wall, Cynthia |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-63013-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1999 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $161.95 |
Book Description:
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Cynthia Wall reads the literature of Restoration and early eighteenth-century England within the historical and cultural contexts of the rebuilding of London after the Great Fire in 1666. She shows how literature attempts to reinvest the city with modern meaning and create new spaces for new genres.
Cynthia Wall reads the literature of Restoration and early eighteenth-century England within the historical and cultural contexts of the rebuilding of London after the Great Fire in 1666. She shows how literature attempts to reinvest the city with modern meaning and create new spaces for new genres.