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The making of London = London in contemporary literature /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The making of London/ by Sebastian Groes ; with photographs by Sarah Baxter.
Reminder of title:	London in contemporary literature /
Author:	Groes, Sebastian.
Published:	Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ;Palgrave Macmillan, : 2011.,
Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 309 p.) :ill. :
Subject:	English literature - History and criticism. - 20th century -
Subject:	London (England) - Social and customs. -
Online resource:	http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230306011
ISBN:	9780230306011 (electronic bk.)

The making of London = London in contemporary literature /
Groes, Sebastian.

The making of LondonLondon in contemporary literature /[electronic resource] :by Sebastian Groes ; with photographs by Sarah Baxter. - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ;Palgrave Macmillan,2011. - 1 online resource (xiii, 309 p.) :ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-300) and index.

List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction From 'ellowen deeowen' to 'Babylondon': London is a Language -- 'Fabricked Out Of Literature and Myth': Maureen Duffy's Londons -- 'Of Real Experience Mixed with Myth': Michael Moorcock� -- 'A Zoo fit for Psychopaths': J.G. Ballard versus London -- 'Struck Out of Pure Invention': Iain Sinclair's London -- 'In Pre-ordained Patterns': Peter Ackroyd's London Palimpsests -- 'Beyond the Responsibility of Place': Ian McEwan's Londons -- 'In a Prose so Diagonal and Mood Warped': Martin Amis's London Scatology -- 'Through a Confusion of Languages': Salman Rushdie and Hanif Kureishi -- 'Kyan you imagine dat?': The New London Languages of Zadie Smith and Monica Ali -- Conclusion: London Undone? -- Chronology of Contemporary London -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index --

London has become the focus of a ferocious imaginative energy since the rise of Thatcher. The Making of London analyses the body of exceptional work by writers who have unconditionally committed their writing to the many lives of a city undergoing complex transformations. The book traces a major shift in the representation of the capital city, from the postmodern obsession with textuality, the shoring up of London's myths against a declining social fabric, and an exuberant multicultural utopia, to an anxious post-9/11 metropolis that has fallen apart. Is London undone? Authors covered include Maureen Duffy, Michael Moorcock, J.G. Ballard, Angela Carter, Iain Sinclair, Peter Ackroyd, Salman Rushdie, Martin Amis, Ian McEwan, Hanif Kureishi, Will Self, Zadie Smith and Monica Ali.

ISBN: 9780230306011 (electronic bk.)

Source: 368485Palgrave Macmillanhttp://www.palgraveconnect.comSubjects--Topical Terms:

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English literature
--History and criticism.--20th centurySubjects--Geographical Terms:

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London (England)
--Social and customs.Index Terms--Genre/Form:

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Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: PR478.L66 / G76 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 820.9/358421085

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