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The Figure of the Crowd in Early Modern London : The City and Its Double /

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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 perf...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Munro, Ian (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
Series:Early modern cultural studies.
Subjects:
Literature.
Cultural History.
Cultural Studies.
Early Modern/Renaissance Literature.
Social History.
Civilization > History.
Culture > Study and teaching.
Literature, Modern.
Popular culture > Study and teaching.
Social history.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary: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.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (IX, 255 pages)
ISBN:9781403978738
DOI:10.1057/9781403978738