The Routledge Companion on Architecture, Literature and The City

Jonathan Charley (University of Strathclyde, UK)

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Routledge
17 August 2018

Theory of architecture; Literary studies: general; Cultural studies; Human geography

This Companion breaks new ground in our knowledge and understanding of the diverse relationships between literature, architecture, and the city, which together form a field of interdisciplinary research that is one of the most innovative and exciting to have emerged in recent years.

Bringing together a wide variety of contributors, not only writers, architectural and literary scholars, and social scientists, but graphic novelists and artists, the book offers contemporary essays on everything from science fiction and the crime novel, to poetry, comics and oral history. It is structured into two sections: History, Narrative and Genre, and Strategy, Language and Form. Including over ninety illustrations, the book is a must read for academics and students.

By: Jonathan Charley (University of Strathclyde UK)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm,
Weight: 1.000kg
ISBN: 9781472482730
ISBN 10: 1472482735
Pages: 444
Publication Date: 17 August 2018
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

"Preface Foreword Introduction Section I History, Narrative And Genre 1. Taking The Measure Of The Incommensurable 2. Modernity As Ambiguity 3. Domestic Digressions 4. Plots Of Land 5. Inequality In Aluísio Azevedo’s O Cortiço 6. An Unliteral Construct 7. ""Cityful Passing Away, Other Cityful Coming, Passing Away Too…"" 8. Written Cities 9. The Architecture Of Yi Sang’s Nalgae 10. The Cold War Finds A Common Home Section II Strategy, Language And Form 11. Literary Language And Architectural Meaning 12. False Landscape Syndrome 13. The City In The Brazilian Novel 14. Magic Mirrors 15. Volver A No Saber 16. Writing Atmospheres 17. The Laboratory Of Literary Architecture 18. Glasgow’s Italian Centres 19. `Stop Leaning Against The Wall – It’s Wet!’ 20. Comics And Architecture 21. Figuring Speech"

Jonathan Charley is currently Director of Cultural Studies at the Department of Architecture at the University of Strathclyde, UK.