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100 1 _aFreeman, Nicholas
245 1 0 _aConceiving the city :
_bLondon, literature, and art 1870-1914 /
_cNicholas Freeman
264 1 _aOxford ;
_aNew York :
_bOxford University Press,
_c2007.
300 _ax, 240 pages ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
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_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [210]-230) and index
505 0 0 _tContents
_tList of Illustrations xi
_tIntroduction: The Problem of London 1
_tAccumulating Impressions 1
_tThe City of the World 4
_tPassing the Baton 19
_tBeing Realistic 26
_t1. `Inclusion and Confusion': Empiricist London 35
_tFact versus Fiction 36
_tDealing with Dickens (and Zola) 43
_t`A restricted number of natural facts': London under the
_tMicroscope 47
_tSlumming It 54
_tTelling Tales 65
_t`O wot 'orrid langwidge': Talking to the Cockneys 70
_tThe Exact Knowledge of Sherlock Holmes 80
_tStories without Ends 86
_t2. Shadows and Fog: Impressionist London 89
_t`The almost awful clarity of Henry James' 89
_tPaternal Prompting 97
_tFloating like a Butterfly: Whistler 103
_tImpressionist Cityscapes 112
_tImitatingWhistler 118
_tImitating Monet 129
_t`Fleeting and transitory things': Speeding London 134
_tTowards the Within 143
_t3. `That untravell'd world': symbolist London 147
_tDoors in the Wall 147
_tMysteries and Initiations 149
_tFashioning the Symbol 170
_tRealist Veils 181
_tPhantasmagoria: The Street beyond The Street 196
_tAn Immense Darkness 201
_tAfterword 206
_tBibliography 210
_tIndex 231
650 0 _aEnglish literature
_zEngland
_zLondon
_xHistory and criticism
650 0 _aLiterature and society
_zEngland
_xHistory
650 0 _aArt and literature
_zEngland
_xHistory
650 0 _aEnglish literature
_vIllustrations
651 0 _aLondon (England)
_xIntellectual life
651 0 _aLondon (England)
_xIn literature
651 0 _aLondon (England)
_xIn art
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_aOxford University Press.
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