The Cambridge companion to the city in literature /

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Imprint:	New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Description:	1 online resource (xxvii, 286 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Cambridge companions to literature Cambridge companions to literature and classics Cambridge companions to literature. Cambridge companions to literature and classics.
Subject:	Cities and towns in literature. City and town life in literature. Literature and society. Cities and towns in literature. City and town life in literature. Literature and society.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12475357

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Other uniform titles:	Cambridge companions online. Cambridge companions complete collection.
Other authors / contributors:	McNamara, Kevin R., 1958- Cambridge University Press.
ISBN:	9781139235617 1139235613 9781107028036 1107028035 9781107609150 1107609151
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	"From the myths and legends that fashioned the identities of ancient city-states to the diversity of literary performance in contemporary cities around the world, literature and the city are inseparably entwined. The international team of scholars in this volume offers a comprehensive, accessible survey of the literary city, exploring the myriad cities that authors create and the genres in which allegorical cities appear. Early chapters consider the literary legacies of historical and symbolic cities from antiquity to the early modern period, while subsequent chapters consider the importance of literature to the relationship between urban landscape and memory. These later chapters explore the form of the literary city and its response to social and technological change; dystopian, nocturnal, pastoral, and sublime cities; and the cities of economic, sexual, cultural, and linguistic outsiders"--
Other form:	Print version: Cambridge Companion to the City in Literature. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014 9781107028036

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