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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820919203321

Autore

Freeman Nicholas

Titolo

Conceiving the city : London, literature, and art 1870-1914 / / Nicholas Freeman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007

ISBN

1-383-03577-6

1-281-14968-3

9786611149680

0-19-152731-9

1-4356-1399-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (253 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

820.9/32421

Soggetti

English literature - England - London - History and criticism

Literature and society - England - History

Art and literature - England - History

English literature

London (England) Intellectual life

London (England) In literature

London (England) In art

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Formerly CIP.

Previously issued in print: 2007.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [210]-230) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction: The Problem of London; 1. 'Inclusion and Confusion': Empiricist London; 2. Shadows and Fog: Impressionist London; 3. 'That untravell'd world': Symbolist London; Afterword; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

'Conceiving the City' looks at how major writers and artists represented London in fiction, poetry, essays, and art. It shows that late-Victorian fin-de-si�ecle London emerged as a focus for dynamic, explicitly modern art as writers and artists broke with earlier tradition and bent realism into exciting new shapes.