Literary Urban Studies and How to Practice It is the first textbook in literary urban studies (LUS). The book introduces city literature, urban methods of reading, classics in LUS, and new directions in the field.
Literary Urban Studies and How to Practice It is the first textbook in literary urban studies (LUS). The book introduces city literature, urban methods of reading, classics in LUS, and new directions in the field.
Jason Finch is Associate Professor, English Language and Literature, at Åbo Akademi University. Previous books include E. M. Forster and English Place (2011), Deep Locational Criticism (2016) and, as co-editor, Literary Second Cities (2017). A founder member of the Association for Literary Urban Studies (ALUS), from 2019-22 he is Principal Investigator for Finland on the project 'Public Transport as Public Space in European Cities' (PUTSPACE), funded by the ERC's HERA programme. Jason's literary urban research interests include London, housing representations and public transport.
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Acknowledgements Preface 1 . Introduction 2. Concept, Method and Material 3. Literary Urban Studies of a Pre-Modern World 4. When People Move to Cities: Urbanisation and Realism 5. Urban Modernity, Literary Modernism and Beyond 6. Informal Planet: LUS and Contemporary Urbanity 7. The Prose of the Urban World 8. City Poetry and Poets' Views of Urban Scenes 9. Theatre in the City and Cities in Drama 10. Conclusion: Finding Your Way Through Urban Form and Literary Form Further reading Glossary of Concepts and Fields Index
Acknowledgements Preface 1 . Introduction 2. Concept, Method and Material 3. Literary Urban Studies of a Pre-Modern World 4. When People Move to Cities: Urbanisation and Realism 5. Urban Modernity, Literary Modernism and Beyond 6. Informal Planet: LUS and Contemporary Urbanity 7. The Prose of the Urban World 8. City Poetry and Poets' Views of Urban Scenes 9. Theatre in the City and Cities in Drama 10. Conclusion: Finding Your Way Through Urban Form and Literary Form Further reading Glossary of Concepts and Fields Index
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