The ruins of urban modernity : Thomas Pynchon's Against the day /

"The Ruins of Urban Modernity examines Thomas Pynchon's 2006 novel Against the Day through the critical lens of urban spatiality. Navigating the textual landscapes of New York, Venice, London, Los Angeles and the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, Against the Day reimagines urban modernity at...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mogultay, Utku (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Yorik, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, [2018]
Temas:
City planning > History.
City and town life > History.
Urbanization > History.
Literature > Philosophy.
Urbanization > history
City Planning > history
Vie urbaine > Histoire.
Urbanisation > Histoire.
Littérature > Philosophie.
literary theory.
Literary studies: from c 1900.
Literary theory.
Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Urban.
City and town life
City planning
Urbanization
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Explorations and mappings
  • Learning from venice
  • Movements and machines
  • The white city
  • The urban frontier
  • The unreal city
  • A tale of three cities
  • The doleful city
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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