Modernism, space and the city : outsiders and affect in Paris, Vienna, Berlin and London /
This innovative book aims to examine the crucial role played by the spaces of the city in the construction of modernism. By focusing upon a number of key cities, the book is able to consider the influence of the urban landscape upon the various modernisms that appeared in the period from c.1890 to 1...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
[2019]
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| Series: | Edinburgh critical studies in modernist culture.
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| Summary: | This innovative book aims to examine the crucial role played by the spaces of the city in the construction of modernism. By focusing upon a number of key cities, the book is able to consider the influence of the urban landscape upon the various modernisms that appeared in the period from c.1890 to 1940. The book takes a distinctive approach to the topic by focusing upon the interactions between the literary texts and the institutions of cultural production found in London, Paris, Berlin and New York. As well as exciting analyses of key modernist texts, each chapter considers the sites in which modernism emerged, including publishing houses, bookshops, discussion circles, salons and cafes. Clearly argued throughout, it demonstrates how particular geographies marked the nature of modernism by analysing new urban features such as underground transport systems, the growth of the suburbs and architectural forms such as the skyscraper. Particular attention is given to the transnational qualities of modernist writing by examining writers whose view of the cities considered is that of migrants, exiles or strangers (e.g. Joyce, Stein and Barnes in Paris, Eliot, James and Pound in London, Isherwood in Berlin, Kafka on New York). This book will be of major interest to all those studying modernism and also to those working in related fields, such as urban studies and cultural geography. |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 259 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-248) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780748633470 0748633472 |