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The Literary and Cultural Spaces of Restoration London
Contributor(s): Wall, Cynthia (Author)
ISBN: 0521630134     ISBN-13: 9780521630139
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
OUR PRICE:   $114.00  
Product Type: Hardcover
Published: January 1999
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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Dewey: 820.932
LCCN: 98-13380
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.9" W x 9.7" (1.58 lbs) 296 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 17th Century
- Cultural Region - British Isles
 
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Publisher Description:
In September 1666 the Great Fire destroyed four-fifths of the ancient commercial City of London. All that had been familiar, settled, known, was suddenly swept away, and Londoners faced an emptiness that was not only physical but also historical, social, financial, and conceptual. In this study Cynthia Wall reads the literature of Restoration and early-eighteenth-century London in the context of other texts such as sermons, royal proclamations, maps, and topographies, and shows how literature attempts to reinvest the city with modern meaning and create new spaces for new genres.