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- catalog abstract ""In this sweeping literary encounter with the Western idea of the city, Richard Lehan delves into literature, philosophy, and urban history to untangle the contradictory images and meanings of the urban experience. He traces the relationship between literature and the city from the early novel in England to the apocalyptic cityscapes of Thomas Pynchon. Along the way, Lehan gathers a rich entourage of support that includes Daniel Defoe, Charles Dickens, Emile Zola, Bram Stoker, H. 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 of empire and totalitarianism, the American city against the phenomenon of the wilderness, the frontier, and the rise of the megalopolis."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b10422887.
- catalog created "c1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "c1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1998.".
- catalog description ""In this sweeping literary encounter with the Western idea of the city, Richard Lehan delves into literature, philosophy, and urban history to untangle the contradictory images and meanings of the urban experience. He traces the relationship between literature and the city from the early novel in England to the apocalyptic cityscapes of Thomas Pynchon. Along the way, Lehan gathers a rich entourage of support that includes Daniel Defoe, Charles Dickens, Emile Zola, Bram Stoker, H. 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 of empire and totalitarianism, the American city against the phenomenon of the wilderness, the frontier, and the rise of the megalopolis."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-312) and index.".
- catalog description "The City and the Text -- From Myth to Mastery -- The City and the Estate -- City of Limits -- The Inward Turn -- Urban Fantasies -- Joycity -- Urban Entropy -- Beyond Liberalism -- The City and the Wilderness -- The Urban Frontier -- Urban Powers -- Urban Destiny -- The Urban Vortex -- Quest West -- From Myth to Mystery.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 330 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "City in literature.".
- catalog identifier "0520210425 (hardcover : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0520212568 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "City in literature.".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "c1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press,".
- catalog relation "City in literature.".
- catalog subject "809/.93321732 21".
- catalog subject "Cities and towns in literature.".
- catalog subject "Literature, Modern History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "PN56.C55 L44 1998".
- catalog tableOfContents "The City and the Text -- From Myth to Mastery -- The City and the Estate -- City of Limits -- The Inward Turn -- Urban Fantasies -- Joycity -- Urban Entropy -- Beyond Liberalism -- The City and the Wilderness -- The Urban Frontier -- Urban Powers -- Urban Destiny -- The Urban Vortex -- Quest West -- From Myth to Mystery.".
- catalog title "The city in literature : an intellectual and cultural history / Richard Lehan.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".