Walking in the City (eBook)

Urban Experience and Literary Psychogeography in Eighteenth-Century London

Catharina Löffler (Autor)

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2017 | 1st ed. 2017
XIV, 357 Seiten
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden (Verlag)
978-3-658-17743-0 (ISBN)

Infos

Catharina Löffler traces the psycho-physical experiences of eighteenth-century London walkers in literature from the period in this book. For this purpose, readings of fascinating, exciting, comical and sometimes disturbing texts grant insights into a culturally, historically and socially significant time in the history of London and make this book a tour of London as seen and heard through the eyes and ears of fictional eighteenth-century urban walkers. Uniting concepts of literary theory, urban studies and psychogeography, Löffler approaches a cross-generic range of literary texts that design uniquely subjective visions and versions of the city. A journey through the fictions and factions of eighteenth-century London, this book provides a compelling read for anyone interested in the history and literature of the English capital.

Catharina Löffler holds a degree of English literature and music, and is a lecturer of English literary and cultural studies at Justus-Liebig-University in Giessen, Germany.

Inhalt

London in Literatur.- Psychogeography and Psycho-Physical Experiences of the City.- London Walkers.- Mobility in Eighteenth-Century London.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.3.2017
• Zusatzinfo: XIV, 357 p.
• Verlagsort: Wiesbaden
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
• Schlagworte: British and Irish Literature • England • Flâneur • Grub Street Literature • imagined cities • Mobility • modernisation of London • Urban Imaginary • William Wordsworth
• ISBN-10: 3-658-17743-8 / 3658177438
• ISBN-13: 978-3-658-17743-0 / 9783658177430