The Urban Fantastic in Nineteenth-Century European Literature: City Fissures

The Urban Fantastic in Nineteenth-Century European Literature explores transnational perspectives of modern city life in Europe by engaging with the fantastic tropes and metaphors used by writers of short fiction. It focuses on the literary city and literary representations of urban experience throughout the nineteenth century, incorporating supernatural occurrences in a European city and the supernatural stems from and belongs to the city. Three primary themes—Architectures, Encounters, and Rhythms—reference three axes of city life: material space, human encounters, and movement.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 239 pages
Publication date: 19 January 2023
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

The Urban Fantastic in Nineteenth-Century European Literature delves into the transnational perspectives of modern city life in Europe by engaging with the fantastical tropes and metaphors employed by writers of short fiction. With a focus on the literary city and literary representations of urban experience throughout the nineteenth century, the works examined incorporate supernatural occurrences within a European city, with the supernatural elements of these stories originating and belonging to the city itself. The argument is organized around three primary themes: "Architectures," "Encounters," and "Rhythms," which correspond to three axes of city life: material space, human interactions, and movement. This thematic approach underscores cultural continuities, thereby reinforcing the appropriateness of applying the label of "urban fantastic" within and across the European traditions studied herein.

The Urban Fantastic in Nineteenth-Century European Literature explores the transnational perspectives of modern city life in Europe by engaging with the fantastical tropes and metaphors employed by writers of short fiction. With a focus on the literary city and literary representations of urban experience throughout the nineteenth century, the works examined incorporate supernatural occurrences within a European city, with the supernatural elements of these stories originating and belonging to the city itself. The argument is organized around three primary themes: "Architectures," "Encounters," and "Rhythms," which correspond to three axes of city life: material space, human interactions, and movement. This thematic approach underscores cultural continuities, thereby reinforcing the appropriateness of applying the label of "urban fantastic" within and across the European traditions studied herein.

The Urban Fantastic in Nineteenth-Century European Literature delves into the transnational perspectives of modern city life in Europe by engaging with the fantastical tropes and metaphors employed by writers of short fiction. With a focus on the literary city and literary representations of urban experience throughout the nineteenth century, the works examined incorporate supernatural occurrences within a European city, with the supernatural elements of these stories originating and belonging to the city itself. The argument is organized around three primary themes: "Architectures," "Encounters," and "Rhythms," which correspond to three axes of city life: material space, human interactions, and movement. This thematic approach underscores cultural continuities, thereby reinforcing the appropriateness of applying the label of "urban fantastic" within and across the European traditions studied herein.

Weight: 339g
Dimension: 210 x 148 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030837785
Edition number: 1st ed. 2021