The Cambridge companion to the city in world literature /

Through a series of chapters spanning a number of metropolises across the globe, this book addresses the way cities have given rise to key aesthetic dispositions, acts of linguistic and cultural translation, topographic and global imaginaries and narratives of self-fashioning that are central to deb...

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Other Authors: Quayson, Ato (Editor), Watson, Jini Kim (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2023].
Series:Cambridge companions to literature.
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Summary:Through a series of chapters spanning a number of metropolises across the globe, this book addresses the way cities have given rise to key aesthetic dispositions, acts of linguistic and cultural translation, topographic and global imaginaries and narratives of self-fashioning that are central to debates in world literature.
Physical Description:xlix, 319 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-301) and index.
ISBN:9781316517888
1316517888
9781009048613
1009048619