Walking in the city : urban experience and literary psychogeography in eighteenth-century London / Catharina Löffler.

Author
Löffler, Catharina [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • Wiesbaden, Germany : J. B. Metzler, Springer, 2017.
  • ©2017
Description
xiii, 357 pages ; 21 cm

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    In this book, Catharina Löffler traces the psycho-physical experiences of London walkers in eighteenth-century literature. For this purpose, readings of fascinating, exciting, comical and sometimes disturbing texts grant insights into a culturally, historically and socially significant time in the history of London and make this book a tour of London as seen and heard through the eyes and ears of fictional eighteenth-century urban walkers. Uniting concepts of literary theory, urban studies and psychogeography, Löffler approaches a cross-generic range of literary texts that design uniquely subjective visions and versions of the city. A journey through the fictions and factions of eighteenth-century London, this book provides a compelling read for anyone interested in the history and literature of the English capital. Contents London in Literature Psychogeography and Psycho-Physical Experiences of the City London Walkers Mobility in Eighteenth-Century London Target Groups Lecturers and students of (English) literary and cultural studies, history, urban studies Historians, journalists, cultural scientists, literary scholars, sociologists, urban researchers The Author Catharina Löffler holds a degree of English literature and music, and is a lecturer of English literary and cultural studies at Justus-Liebig-University in Giessen, Germany.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages [329]-357)
    Contents
    • London in Literatur
    • Psychogeography and Psycho-Physical Experiences of the City
    • London Walkers
    • Mobility in Eighteenth-Century London.
    ISBN
    • 9783658177423
    • 365817742X
    • 9783658177430 ((e-book))
    • 3658177438
    LCCN
    2017936479
    OCLC
    978290251
    Other standard number
    • 99972303448
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