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Record Nr.

UNINA9910227343003321

Titolo

Stad en migratie in de literatuur

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Gent, : Academia Press, 2016

ISBN

9789038226637

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (172)

Collana

CLW (Series) ; ; 8

Disciplina

809.933552

Soggetti

United Kingdom, Great Britain

c 1800 to c 1900

20th century

Literature: history & criticism

Literary theory

Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

Poverty & unemployment

Housing & homelessness

Migration, immigration & emigration

Urban communities

Jewish studies

Belgium

France

Germany

USA

Argentina

Chile

English

Dutch

Lingua di pubblicazione

Olandese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Urbanity and migration are considered to be two basic components in definitions of modernity. They force us to reflect on how the



boundaries between the local and the global are determined and surpassed. Often this results in politically charged discussions about transnationality and national identity, monolingualism and multilingualism, inclusion and exclusion. The contributions to this issue of CLW demonstrate that literature can play a significant role in this debate. The authors highlight the representation of city and migration in a wide variety of novels published in Dutch, English, German, Spanish and French with a particular interest in political commitment.