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'By Accident or Design: Writing the Victorian Metropolis' takes Henry James' observation of London in 1888 at his word, arguing that accident was both a powerful metaphor and material context through which the Victorians arrested the paradoxes of metropolitan modernity and reconfigure...

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Main Author: Fyfe, Paul (Paul Camm) (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Accidents > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Accidents in literature.
Accidents > Great Britain > Prevention.
Accidents > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Accidents dans la littérature.
Accidents > Grande-Bretagne > Prévention.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Accidents
Accidents in literature
Accidents > Prevention
Great Britain
Social Welfare & Social Work.
Social Sciences.
Social Welfare & Social Work - General.
1800-1899
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:'By Accident or Design: Writing the Victorian Metropolis' takes Henry James' observation of London in 1888 at his word, arguing that accident was both a powerful metaphor and material context through which the Victorians arrested the paradoxes of metropolitan modernity and reconfigured understandings of form and change. This book shows how the material conditions of urban accidents offer new and compelling modes of analysis for intellectual and literary history.
Physical Description:1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191796678
0191796670
9780191046230
019104623X