Conceiving the city : London, literature, and art 1870-1914 / Nicholas Freeman

Includes bibliographical references (pages [210]-230) and index

Contents List of Illustrations xi Introduction: The Problem of London 1 Accumulating Impressions 1 The City of the World 4 Passing the Baton 19 Being Realistic 26 1. `Inclusion and Confusion': Empiricist London 35 Fact versus Fiction 36 Dealing with Dickens (and Zola) 43 `A restricted number of natural facts': London under the Microscope 47 Slumming It 54 Telling Tales 65 `O wot 'orrid langwidge': Talking to the Cockneys 70 The Exact Knowledge of Sherlock Holmes 80 Stories without Ends 86 2. Shadows and Fog: Impressionist London 89 `The almost awful clarity of Henry James' 89 Paternal Prompting 97 Floating like a Butterfly: Whistler 103 Impressionist Cityscapes 112 ImitatingWhistler 118 Imitating Monet 129 `Fleeting and transitory things': Speeding London 134 Towards the Within 143 3. `That untravell'd world': symbolist London 147 Doors in the Wall 147 Mysteries and Initiations 149 Fashioning the Symbol 170 Realist Veils 181 Phantasmagoria: The Street beyond The Street 196 An Immense Darkness 201 Afterword 206 Bibliography 210 Index 231