Sélection de communications présentées lors d'une conférence organisée en 2007. Ces études explorent les représentations de Londres dans la littérature contemporaine à travers les oeuvres d'écrivains tels que J. Diski, T. Fischer, J. Rogers, G. Swift ou encore M. Ali. ©Electre 2025
(Re-)Mapping London
The aim of this collection is to explore representations of London in contemporary literature from two main perspectives : the city as observed by British-born Londoners and the new multicultural London. The British capital is sometimes presented as a labyrinthine, hostile and even occult city which is now no longer the centre of the Empire and is a place of chaos, decay, disorder, corruption and alienation. But it can also be considered in a creative and dynamic perspective as the source of endless imagination and regeneration, as the place for growth and change, for new beginnings and possibilities. This volume examines fresh ways of re-mapping the metropolis and redefining its contours in novels from the 1960's to the present, with special focus on Graham Swift, Salman Rushdie, lan McEwan, Zadie Smith, Peter Ackroyd, Will Self, Caryl Phillips, Dons Lessing, Jenny Diski, Tibor Fischer and Monica Ali.
Paru le : 03/09/2008
Thématique : Essais et théories - Dictionnaire
Auteur(s) : Non précisé.
Éditeur(s) :
Publibook
Collection(s) : Lettres & langues
Contributeur(s) : Directeur de publication : Vanessa Guignery
Série(s) : Non précisé.
ISBN : 978-2-7483-4342-7
EAN13 : 9782748343427
Reliure : Broché
Pages : 250
Hauteur: 24.0 cm / Largeur 17.0 cm
Poids: 353 g
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