London's underground spaces : representing the Victorian city, 1840-1915 /

The construction of London's underground sewers, underground railway and suburban cemeteries created seismic shifts in the geography and the psychological apprehension of the city. Yet, why are there so few literary and aesthetic interventions in Victorian representations of subterranean spaces...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hwang, Haewon (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2013.
Colección:Edinburgh critical studies in Victorian culture.
Temas:
1800-1899
English literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Underground areas in literature.
Underground architecture > England > London.
Underground construction.
Littérature anglaise > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Zones souterraines dans la littérature.
Architecture souterraine > Angleterre > Londres.
Constructions souterraines.
underground buildings.
underground structures.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English literature.
Literature.
Underground architecture.
Unterirdische Welt
London (England) > In literature.
England > London.
London
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Title Page; Imprint; Contents; List of Illustrations; Series Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 The Incontinent City: Sewers, Disgust and Liminality; Chapter 2 Tubing It: Speeding through Modernity n the London Underground; Chapter 3 The (Un)Buried Life: Death in the Modern Necropolis; Chapter 4 Underground Revolutions: Invisible Networks of Terror in Fin-de-Siècle London; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

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