Mark Storey

Rural Fictions, Urban Realities

A Geography of Golden Age Literature

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Rural Fictions, Urban Realities examines late nineteenth-century American literature to reveal the increasingly intricate and sometimes problematic connections between urban and rural life.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 210
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 331g
• ISBN-13: 9780190272425
• ISBN-10: 0190272422
• Artikelnr.: 47972385

Autorenporträt

Mark Storey is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Warwick.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Rural Fictions, Urban Realities
Chapter One
Lines of time, sight and capital: Train Journeys
Chapter Two
Commerce and Carnival at the Canvas City: Travelling Circuses
Chapter Three
The Place of Medical Knowledge: Country Doctors
Chapter Four
A Government of Men and Not of Laws: Lynch Mobs
Chapter Five
Geographies of the Future: Utopias
Conclusion
Notes