The City in Literature: An Intellectual and Cultural History

by Richard Lehan

Book Overview

This sweeping literary encounter with the Western idea of the city moves from the early novel in England to the apocalyptic cityscapes of Thomas Pynchon. Along the way, Richard Lehan gathers a rich entourage that includes Daniel Defoe, Charles Dickens, Emile Zola, Bram Stoker, Rider Haggard, Joseph Conrad, James Joyce, Theodore Dreiser, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Raymond Chandler. The European city is read against the decline of feudalism and the rise...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520212568
• ISBN13: 9780520212565
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 307 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"