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245 00 $aG. K. Chesterton, London and Modernity /$cedited by Matthew Beaumont and Matthew Ingleby.
264 1 $aLondon ;$aNew York :$bBloomsbury Academic,$c2013.
300 $aix, 245 pages ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
490 1 $aBloomsbury studies in the city
520 $a"G. K. Chesterton, London and Modernity is the first book to explore the persistent theme of the city in Chesterton's writing. Situating him in relation to both Victorian and Modernist literary paradigms, the book explores a range of theoretical and methodological approaches to address the way his imaginative investments and political interventions conceive urban modernity and the central figure of London. While Chesterton's work has often been valued for its wit and whimsy, this book argues that he is also a distinctive urban commentator, whose sophistication has been underappreciated in comparison to more canonical contemporaries. With chapters written by leading scholars in the field of 20th century literature, the book also provides fresh readings and suggests new contexts for central texts such as The Man Who Was Thursday, The Napoleon of Notting Hill and the Father Brown stories. It also discusses lesser-known works, such as Manalive and The Resurrection of Rome, drawing out their significance for scholars interested in urban representation and practice in the first three decades of the twentieth century"--$cProvided by publisher.
520 $a"Leading scholars explore the insistent presence of the city of London in the writings of G.K. Chesterton"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: -- Introduction, Matthew Beaumont and Matthew Ingleby \ 1. "Dull Would He Be of Soul": Why Chesterton Loved London, Michael Hurley \ 2. Chesterton's London(s): Singular or Plural? Lynne Hapgood \ 3. Undecidable Chesterton: Being and the City, Julian Wolfreys \ 4. Estranging the Everyday: Chesterton's Urban Modernism, Colin Cavendish Jones \ 5. Puck in Pimlico: Urban Recreation in the Father Brown Stories, Michael Shallcross \ 6. Signs Taken for Wonders: Adverts and Sacraments in Chesterton's London, Mark Knight \ 7. Distributism and the City, Matthew Taunton \ 8. Rifling Satan's Fold: Chesterton and the Romance of Burglary, Matthew Ingleby \ 9. Queer Trades: Homosociality and the City in G.K. Chesterton, Merrick Burrow \ 10. The Knight-Errant in the Street: Chesterton, Childe Roland and the City, Matthew Beaumont \ 11. Looking for London in London: Chesterton, Machen and the Invisible City, Nick Freeman \ Bibliography \ Index.
600 10 $aChesterton, G. K.$q(Gilbert Keith),$d1874-1936$xCriticism and interpretation.
650 0 $aCity and town life in literature.
651 0 $aLondon (England)$xIn literature.
650 7 $aLITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aLITERARY CRITICISM / General.$2bisacsh
700 1 $aBeaumont, Matthew,$d1972-,$eeditor.
700 1 $aIngleby, Matthew,$eeditor.
830 0 $aBloomsbury studies in the city.
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