The City in Literature: An Intellectual and Cultural History

The City in Literature: An Intellectual and Cultural History
ISBN-10
0520212568
ISBN-13
9780520212565
Category
Literary Criticism
Pages
350
Language
English
Published
1998-04
Publisher
Univ of California Press
Author
Richard Lehan

Description

This sweeping literary encounter with the Western idea of the city moves from the early novel in England to the apocalyptic cityscapes of Thomas Pynchon. Throughout the book author Richard Lehan pursues a dialectic of order and disorder, hope and despair, optimism and pessimism. 9 illustrations.

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