The Resource Urban gothic of the Second World War : dark London, by Sara Wasson
Urban gothic of the Second World War : dark London, by Sara Wasson
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- Summary
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- This book examines "home front" literature of the Second World War, arguing that Gothic tropes and forms mark moments of fracture in the national mythologies of wartime home, city and fellowship. These works in the Gothic mode subvert mythologies of nation that are still influential today. Anna Kavan, Mervyn Peake, Elizabeth Bowen, Roy Fuller, Henry Green and others present counter-stories to the dominant national mythology of British survival and emotional resilience. In the texts of this monograph, the city grows strange, time distorts, and hallucinatory narrative voices depict a nightmare realm. --
- Doubling, temporal dislocation, narrative disjunction and tropes of haunting gather around shadowy figures on the margin of the nation. This book moves from city streets, to hospitals and prisons, to factories, to homes and finally to morgues. Each location presents a London that is, in the words of Mervyn Peake, "half masonry, half pain." --Book Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Urban gothic of the Second World War : dark London
- Title
- Urban gothic of the Second World War
- Title remainder
- dark London
- Statement of responsibility
- by Sara Wasson
- Language
- eng
- Summary
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- This book examines "home front" literature of the Second World War, arguing that Gothic tropes and forms mark moments of fracture in the national mythologies of wartime home, city and fellowship. These works in the Gothic mode subvert mythologies of nation that are still influential today. Anna Kavan, Mervyn Peake, Elizabeth Bowen, Roy Fuller, Henry Green and others present counter-stories to the dominant national mythology of British survival and emotional resilience. In the texts of this monograph, the city grows strange, time distorts, and hallucinatory narrative voices depict a nightmare realm. --
- Doubling, temporal dislocation, narrative disjunction and tropes of haunting gather around shadowy figures on the margin of the nation. This book moves from city streets, to hospitals and prisons, to factories, to homes and finally to morgues. Each location presents a London that is, in the words of Mervyn Peake, "half masonry, half pain." --Book Jacket
- Cataloging source
- UKM
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Wasson, Sara
- Dewey number
- 823.912093581
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PR408.G68
- LC item number
- W37 2010
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- English fiction
- World War, 1939-1945
- Gothic fiction (Literary genre), English
- Label
- Urban gothic of the Second World War : dark London, by Sara Wasson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 430839442
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- xii, 209 pages
- Isbn
- 9780230577534
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)430839442
- Label
- Urban gothic of the Second World War : dark London, by Sara Wasson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 430839442
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- xii, 209 pages
- Isbn
- 9780230577534
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)430839442
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