Writing the modern city: literature, architecture, modernity

Sarah Edwards, Jonathan Charley

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Abstract

This collection of thirteen original essays examines the ways in which literature and architecture have shaped a range of recognisably ‘modern’ identities. It focuses on the cultural connections between prose narratives – the novel, short stories, autobiography, crime and science fiction – and a range of urban environments, from the city apartment and river to the colonial house and the utopian city. It explores how the themes of memory, nation and identity have been represented in both literary and architectural works in the aftermath of early twentieth-century conflict; how the cultural movements of modernism and postmodernism have affected notions of canonicity and genre in the creation of books and buildings; and how and why literary and architectural narratives are influenced by each other’s formal properties and styles.
LanguageEnglish
Place of PublicationAbingdon
Number of pages240
Publication statusPublished - 18 Nov 2011

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Modern Cities
Rivers
Autobiography
Prose
Literary Works
Postmodernism
Crime Fiction
Short Story
Colonies
Urban Environment
Cultural Movement
Architectural Work
Utopian
Canonicity
Science Fiction
Apartment

Keywords

  • architecture
  • modern literature
  • modernity
  • cultural and political values
  • literature

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Edwards, Sarah ; Charley, Jonathan. / Writing the modern city : literature, architecture, modernity. Abingdon, 2011. 240 p.
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