Writing the city square : on the history and the histories of city squares /

The history of cities is also the history of city squares. The agora, the forum, the piazza, the plaza, all presuppose the idea of a center. It's a material and mental phenomenon. Literature is an important part of this history, and the interplay between the square as physical space and the squ...

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Main Author:	Zerlang, Martin, 1952- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Routledge, [2023].
Series:	Routledge studies in urbanism and the city.
Subjects:	Plazas > History. Plazas in literature. Cities and towns in literature. Architecture and society.