Urban History and the Materialities of/in Literature

Lieven Ameel, Jason Finch, Silja Laine, Richard Dennis

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Abstract

This chapter contextualises the use of literary fiction as valuable source for urban history within a broader paradigm shift towards (new) materialisms, and from the perspective of literary urban studies and spatial humanities. It examines the methodological and theoretical questions at stake in drawing on literary sources within urban history, and introduces how the various chapters in this volume will address the questions raised in the introduction, with three specific, although intertwined, areas of focus: literary fiction as urban materiality, literary narratives as social investigations of the material city, and the narrating of silenced material lives.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Materiality of Literary Narratives in Urban History
EditorsLieven Ameel, Jason Finch, Silja Laine, Richard Dennis
Place of PublicationNew York and London
PublisherRoutledge
Chapter1
Pages1-16
Number of pages16
Edition1
ISBN (Electronic)9780429325052
ISBN (Print)9780367343293
Publication statusPublished - 19 Aug 2019
MoE publication typeA3 Book section, Chapters in research books

Publication series

NameAdvances in Urban History

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