The figure of the crowd in early modern London [[electronic resource] ] : the city and its double / / Ian Munro

• Autore: Munro Ian <1967->
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (IX, 255 p.)
• Disciplina: 820.9/32421
• Soggetto topico: English literature - England - London - History and criticism; English drama - Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 - History and criticism; English drama - 17th century - History and criticism; Crowds - England - London - History - 17th century; Crowds - England - London - History - 16th century; Crowds in literature
• Soggetto geografico: London (England) Population History 17th century; London (England) Population History 16th century; London (England) Intellectual life; London (England) In literature
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-247) and index.
• Sommario/riassunto: The Figure of the Crowd in Early Modern London examines the cultural phenomenon of the urban crowd in the context of early modern London's population crisis. The book explores the crowd's double function as a symbol of the city's growth and as the necessary context for the public performance of urban culture. Its central argument is that the figure of the crowd acts as a supplement to the symbolic space of the city, at once providing a tangible referent for urban meaning and threatening the legibility of that meaning through its motive force and uncontrollable energy.
• Titolo autorizzato: The figure of the crowd in early modern London
• ISBN: 1-281-36416-9; 9786611364168; 1-4039-7873-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784215503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Early modern cultural studies.