Underground writing : the London tube from George Gissing to Virginia Woolf /
The purpose of this book is to explore the ways in which the London Underground was 'mapped' by a number of writers from George Gissing to Virginia Woolf. From late Victorian London to the end of World War II, 'underground writing' created an imaginative world beneath the streets...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Liverpool :
Liverpool University Press,
[2010]
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | The purpose of this book is to explore the ways in which the London Underground was 'mapped' by a number of writers from George Gissing to Virginia Woolf. From late Victorian London to the end of World War II, 'underground writing' created an imaginative world beneath the streets of London. The real subterranean railway was therefore re-enacted in number of ways in writing, including as Dantean Underworld or hell, as a gateway to a utopian future, as psychological looking-glass or as place of safety and security. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (306 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-293) and index. |
ISBN: | 9781846315978 1846315972 9781781386989 1781386986 |