Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of maps and figures; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; INTRODUCTION: WRITING THE CITY; BELFAST: BERNARD MAC LAVERTY'S HEART OF DARKNESS; MANCHESTER AND MILTON-NORTHERN: ELIZABETH GASKELL AND THE INDUSTRIAL TOWN; CONTRASTING THE NATURE OF THE WRITTEN CITY: HELSINKI IN REGIONALISTIC THOUGHT AND AS A DWELLING-PLACE; THE ST. PETERSBURG OF OBLOMOV AND CRIME AND PUNISHMENT; CITY-ICON IN A POETIC GEOGRAPHY: PUSHKIN'S ODESSA; VERY DIFFERENT MONTREALS: PATHWAYS THROUGH THE CITY AND ETHNICITY IN NOVELS BY AUTHORS OF DIFFERENT ORIGINS.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
Arguing that classic geographical descriptions of the city fail to accomodate the crucial aspect of human life, this visualizes the city through the hopes, aspirations, disappointments and pains of international novelists and creative writers.
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Title
Writing the city.
International Standard Book Number
0415106672
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Cities and towns in literature.
Literature, Modern-- 19th century-- History and criticism.
Literature, Modern-- 20th century-- History and criticism.
Littérature-- 20e siècle-- Histoire et critique.