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UNINA9910779760803321 |
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Autore |
Colombino Laura |
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Titolo |
Spatial politics in contemporary London literature : writing architecture and the body / / Laura Colombino |
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New York : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
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ISBN |
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1-136-77795-4 |
1-138-54750-6 |
0-203-55341-1 |
1-136-77788-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (199 pages ) : illustrations |
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Collana |
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Routledge studies in contemporary literature ; ; 9 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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English literature - History and criticism |
Human body in literature |
Space (Architecture) in literature |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Modular bodies and architecture as skin: J. G. Ballard (1956-1975) -- Human ruins and architectural spectres (the 1980s and beyond) -- Traumatized subjects and chaotic substances: Iain Sinclair (the 1990s and the millennium) -- Corporeality within abstract space (from the 1970s to the post-millennial). |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This work analyses the spatial politics of a range of British novelists writing on London since the 1950s, emphasizing spatial representation as an embodied practice at the point where architectural space and the body enter into relation with each other. |
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