The Intelligible Metropolis Urban Mentality in Contemporary London Novels

Ple�ke, Nora (Verfasser, Author).

Summary: Long description: Writings on the metropolis generally foreground illimitability, stressing thereby that the urban ultimately remains both illegible and unintelligible. Instead, the purpose of this interdisciplinary study is to demonstrate that mentality as a tool offers orientation in the urban realm. Nora Ple�ke develops a model of urban mentality to be employed for cities worldwide. Against the background of the Spatial Turn, she identifies dominant urban-specific structures of London mentality in contemporary London novels, such as Monica Ali's>>Brick Lane<<, J.G. Ballard's>>Millennium People<<, Nick Hornby's>>A Long Way Down<<, and Ian McEwan's>>Saturday<>

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ISBN: 9783839426722
ISBN: 9783837626728
ISBN: 3839426723
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Physical Description: Online-Ressource.
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Publisher: Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2014

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Formatted Contents Note:	Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Theories and Categories of Mentality -- 3. Theories of Urbanity -- 4. The Concept of Urban Mentality -- 5. Methodological Implications -- 6. Cityscape -- 7. Socioscape -- 8. Idioscape -- 9. Conclusion -- Works Cited -- Appendix: London Novels (1997-2007) -- Index -- Acknowledgements.
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