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UNINA9910795501503321 |
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Architecture in fictional literature : essays on selected works / / editors, Nevnihal Erdoğan, Hikmet Temel Akasu |
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Singapore : , : Bentham Science Publishers, , 2021 |
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©2021 |
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1 online resource (291 pages) : illustrations |
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Architecture in literature |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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The art of architecture is an important aesthetic element that can leave a lasting impression in one's mind about the values of a society. Today's architectural art, education, and culture have gradually turned into engineering practices and more technical pursuits. Architecture in Fictional Literature is a book written with the aim of understanding the concept of living spaces as portrayed in works of fiction and to open the doors to a new perspective for readers on the art of architecture. It is a collection of essays written by educators and literary critics about how architecture is presented in 28 selected literary works of fiction. These selected works, which include well-known works such as Hugo's Hunchback of Notre Dame, Kafka's The Castle, Swift's Gulliver's Travels, Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, among many others, collectively attempt to illustrate facets of human life in a lucidly expressive way while also having an architectural background added in the narrative. Each essay is unique and brings a diverse range of perspectives on the main theme, while also touching on some niche topics in this area, (such as spatial analysis, urban transformation and time-period settings), all of which have exploratory potential. With this collection, the contributors aspire to initiate the transformation of architectural education by including a blend of literary criticism. By building a |
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foundation of architectural aesthetics, they hope to bridge the gap between the artist and the architect, while also inspiring a new generation of urban planners, landscape artists, and interior designers to consider past works when designing living spaces. Architecture in Fictional Literature is also essential to any enthusiast of fictional works who wants to understand the fictional portrayal of living spaces and architecture in literature. |
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UNINA9910586580303321 |
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Mayhall Laura E. Nym |
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British Murder Mysteries, 1880-1965 : Facts and Fictions / / edited by Laura E. Nym Mayhall, Elizabeth Prevost |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2022 |
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[1st ed. 2022.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (242 pages) |
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Collana |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Fiction |
Literature, Modern - 20th century |
Literature - History and criticism |
Mass media and crime |
Ethnology - Great Britain |
Culture |
Europe - History |
Fiction Literature |
Twentieth-Century Literature |
Literary History |
Crime and the Media |
British Culture |
European History |
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C hapter 1: Introduction and overview -- Chapter 2: Policing in the Shadow of Jack the Ripper: Myths, Monsters, and the Real Limits of the Late-Victorian Detective -- Chapter 3: Pot-stirring or Pot-boiling? Crises, crime, and other contexts for Mary Agnes Hamilton's Murder in the House of Commons (1932) -- Chapter 4: Domesticating the Horrors of Modern War: How Interwar Sensation and Detective Fiction Faced the War to Come -- Chapter: 5 Agatha Christie in Southern Africa -- Chapter 6: Time is always guilty': Narratives of Progress and Decline in Interwar Detective Fiction -- Chapter 7: Death Haunts the British Hotel, 1918-1965 -- Chapter 8:Semi-Colonial Horsewifery as Detective Fiction: 'Trinket's Colt' and the Mysteries of the Irish R.M -- Chapter 9: Magic is My Business': Raymond Chandler and Detective Fiction as Fairy Tale -- Chapter 10: Indecently Preposterous': The Interwar Press and Golden Age Detective Fiction. |
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British Murder Mysteries, 1880-1965: Facts and Fictions conceptualizes detective fiction as an archive, i.e., a trove of documents and sources to be used for historical interpretation. By framing the genre as a shifting set of values, definitions, and practices, the book historicizes the contested meanings of analytical categories like class, race, gender, nation, and empire that have been applied to the forms and functions of detection. Three organizing themes structure this investigation: fictive facticity, genre fluidity, and conservative modernity. This volume thus shows how British detective fiction from the late-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century both shaped and was shaped by its social, cultural, and political contexts and the lived experience of its authors and readers at critical moments in time. |
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