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Dickens's London: Perception, Subjectivity and Phenomenal Urban Multiplicity (Edinburgh Critical Studies in Victorian Literature)
Dickens's London Perception Subjectivity and Phenomenal Urban Multiplicity - Edinburgh Critical Studies in Victorian Literature Author:Julian Wolfreys Dickens' City opens the a dialogue between phenomenology, philosophy and the Dickensian city in all its forms. Taking Walter Benjamin's Arcades Project as its model, Julian Wolfreys shows that, in their representations of London -- its streets, buildings, public institutions, domestic residences, rooms and phenomena -- Dickens' novels and journ... more »alism can be seen as forerunners of urban and material phenomenology. From Bells, Bridges and Butlers, through Inns and Interiors, the Police and the Post to Todgers and the Thames, Wolfreys presents Dickens' city in 26 episodes. He radically reorients London in the 19th century, the development of Dickens as a writer, and the ways in which readers today receive and perceive both.? Addresses the aspect of the urban that are developed from Dickens' interpretations of other literary forms, styles and genres? Dual focus on methodology and the historicity of Dickensian urban consciousness? Reflects on urban tropologies through key passages from Dickens' texts? Wolfrey's inventive episodic structure brings the disordered multiplicity of London to life« less