Author: Pierce EganPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : City and town life
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
Life in London
Author: Pierce EganPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : City and town life
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
The Cambridge Paperback Guide to Literature in English
Author: Ian OusbyPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521436274
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Derived from the parent Guide to Literature in English, this volume offers in concise form over 4,000 entries on literature in English from cultures throughout the world. Writers and major works from the UK and the USA are represented, as are those from Canada, the Caribbean, Australia, India, and Africa. The coverage is broad - from the classics of English literature to the best of modern writing. Additionally, the Guide has a wealth of entries on literary movements, groups or schools in literature and criticism, literary magazines, genres and sub-genres, critical concepts, and rhetorical terms.
Pursuit of Pleasure
Author: Jane RendellPublisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 0567405362
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
The Pursuit of Pleasure presents the figures of the rambler and the cyprian, the Eighteenth Century precursors to the Parisian flGneur and prostitute. The urban spaces traced by these figures were the clubs, sporting venues, operas, assembly rooms, streets and arcades of central London.Drawing on critical theory, geography and philosophy, The Pursuit of Pleasure extends and critiques the discipline of architectural history from a feminist perspective. The gendering of public space is considered to be a complex and shifting series of moves and looks between men and women, constructed and represented through spatial and social relations of consumption, display and exchange.Illustrated with contemporary prints and drawings, The Pursuit of Pleasure is an extraordinarily rich analysis of the gendered issues of public space at the birth of the modern metropolis.
Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes
Author: Baily's Magazine of Sports & Pastimes
Author: Alasco
Author: Martin Archer SheePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Censorship
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Encyclopedia of London's East End
Author: Kevin A. MorrisonPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476683999
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
The East End is an iconic area of London, from the transient street art of Banksy and Pablo Delgado to the exhibitions of Doreen Fletcher and Gilbert and George. Located east of the Tower of London and north of the River Thames, it has experienced a number of developmental stages in its four-hundred-year history. Originating as a series of scattered villages, the area has been home to Europe's worst slums and served as an affluent nodal point of the British Empire. Through its evolution, the East End has been the birthplace of radical political and social movements and the social center for a variety of diasporic communities. This reference work, with its alphabetically organized cross-referenced entries and its original and historical photography, serves as a comprehensive guide to the social and cultural history of this global hub.
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Author: Stephen Jones