Routledge Companion to Literary Urban Studies

<p>Over the past decades the growing interest in the study of literature of the city has led to the development of literary urban studies as a discipline in its own right. <em>The Routledge Companion to Literary Urban Studies</em> provides a methodical overview of the fundamentals of this developing discipline and a detailed outline of new directions in the field. </p><p>It consists of 33 newly commissioned chapters that provide an outline of contemporary literary urban studies. <em>The Companion</em> covers all of the main theoretical approaches as well as key literary genres with case studies covering a range of different geographical cultural and historical settings. The final chapters provide a window into new debates in the field. The three focal issues are key concepts and genres of literary urban studies; a reassessment and critique of classical urban studies theories and the canon of literary capitals; and methods for the analysis of cities in literature. </p><p><em>The Routledge Companion to Literary Urban Studies</em> provides the reader with practical insights into the methods and approaches that can be applied to the city in literature and serves as an important reference work for upper-level students and researchers working on city literature. </p><p>Chapter 15 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com</p>