The materiality of literary narratives in urban history / edited by Lieven Ameel, Jason Finch, Silja Laine and Richard Dennis.

Other author/creatorAmeel, Lieven, 1978-
Other author/creatorFinch, Jason.
Other author/creatorLaine, Silja.
Other author/creatorDennis, Richard, 1949-
SeriesRoutledge advances in urban history
Abstract "The Materiality of Literary Narratives in Urban History explores a variety of geographical and cultural contexts to examine what literary texts, grasped as material objects and as reflections on urban materialities, have to offer for urban history. The contributing writers' approach to literary narratives and materialities in urban history is summarized within the conceptualization 'materiality in/of literature': the way in which literary narratives at once refer to the material world and also actively partake in the material construction of the world. This book takes a geographically multipolar and multidisciplinary approach to discuss cities in the UK, USA, India, South Africa, Finland, and France, whilst examining a wide range of textual genres from the novel to cartoons, advertising copy, architecture and urban planning, and archaeological writing. In the process, attention is drawn to narrative complexities embedded within literary fiction and to the dialogue between narratives and historical change. The Materiality of Literary Narratives in Urban History has three areas of focus: literary fiction as form of urban materiality, literary narratives as social investigations of the material city, and the narrating of silenced material lives as witnessed in various narrative sources"-- Provided by publisher.
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Issued in other formPrint version: The materiality of literary narratives in urban history New York : Routledge 2020. 9780367343293
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2019981181
ISBN9780429325052 (ebook other)

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