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Writing London: The Trace of the Urban Text from Blake to Dickens
Writing London The Trace of the Urban Text from Blake to Dickens Author:Julian Wolfreys Beginning with an introductory survey of the variety of literary representations and responses to the city, this text follows the shaping of the urban consciousness from Blake to Dickens, through Shelley, Barbauld, Byron, De Quincey, Engels and Wordsworth. It concludes with an afterword which, in developing insights into the relationship between... more » writing and the city, questions the heritage industry's reinvention of London, while arguing for a new understanding of the urban spirit.« less