Literature and the Peripheral City

Literature and the Peripheral City
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 253
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ISBN-10 : 9781137492883
ISBN-13 : 1137492880
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Book Synopsis Literature and the Peripheral City by : Jason Finch

Download or read book Literature and the Peripheral City written by Jason Finch and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-05-27 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cities have always been defined by their centrality. But literature demonstrates that their diverse peripheries define them, too: from suburbs to slums, rubbish dumps to nightclubs and entire failed cities. The contributors to this collection explore literary urban peripheries through readings of literature from four continents and numerous cities.


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