Ford Madox Ford: The Soul of London

Cover: 9788027380183 | The Soul of London | Ford Madox Ford | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2023

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The Soul of London is Ford Madox Ford's impressionistic inquiry into the modern metropolis, less a guidebook than a literary anatomy of urban consciousness. Moving through streets, crowds, suburbs, shops, railway termini, and ceremonial spaces, Ford seeks the elusive principle that makes London cohere. Its style is digressive, painterly, and observant, anticipating modernist urban writing through its attention to flux, atmosphere, and the fragmentary perceptions of the city walker. Ford Madox Ford, born Ford Madox Hueffer, was deeply equipped for such a project. Grandson of the Pre-Raphaelite painter Ford Madox Brown, collaborator of Joseph Conrad, and later a crucial editor of modernist literature, he brought to London both aesthetic inheritance and cosmopolitan skepticism. His interest in national character, social change, and the pressures of modern life shaped this volume, part of his broader meditation on England and Englishness. Readers interested in literary London, early modernism, or the cultural history of Edwardian Britain will find The Soul of London especially rewarding. It offers not merely descriptions of a city, but a sophisticated attempt to understand how place, memory, commerce, and imagination produce metropolitan identity.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2023
Genre:	Importe , Kunst
Produktart:	Reiseführer
Region:	Europa
Rubrik:	Reisen
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9788027380183
ISBN-10:	8027380189
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Ford, Ford Madox
Hersteller:	e-artnow
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	e-artnow s.r.o., Za Sidlistem 22, ?-143 00 Prague, kristoferpaetau@gmail.com
Maße:	229 x 152 x 5 mm
Von/Mit:	Ford Madox Ford
Erscheinungsdatum:	24.05.2023
Gewicht:	0,12 kg