EN 552.01 London in the Novel (Spring 2008-2009: 3)
In some novels, London is not just a setting but a vital physical presence.
Our readings will range from 19th century London in Charles Dickens's Bleak
House and George Gissing's The Nether World, to early 20th century
works like in Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway and Sam Selvon's The
Lonely Londoners, to later 20th century works like Penelope Lively's
City of the Mind. We'll consider how a huge metropolis can be represented
in fiction, the human connections enabled or disabled by urban spaces, and
the history of war, immigration, and urban improvement that dramatically
changed London between 1850 and 2000.
Rosemarie Bodenheimer
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