The Intelligible Metropolis:Urban Mentality in Contemporary London Novels (Lettre)

by: Nora Pleßke (Author)

Publisher: transcript publishing

Publication Date: September 15, 2014

Language: English

Print Length: 576 pages

ISBN-10: 3837626725

ISBN-13: 9783837626728

Book Description

Writings on the metropolis generally foreground illimitability, stressing thereby that the urban ultimately remains both illegible and unintelligible. Instead, the purpose of this interdisciplinary study is to demonstrate that mentality as a tool offers orientation in the urban realm. Nora Pleßke develops a model of urban mentality to be employed for cities worldwide. Against the background of the Spatial Tu, she identifies dominant urban-specific structures of London mentality in contemporary London novels, such as Monica Ali’s »Brick Lane«, J.G. Ballard’s »Millennium People«, Nick Hoby’s »A Long Way Down«, and Ian McEwan’s »Saturday«.
Writings on the metropolis generally foreground illimitability, stressing thereby that the urban ultimately remains both illegible and unintelligible. Instead, the purpose of this interdisciplinary study is to demonstrate that mentality as a tool offers orientation in the urban realm. Nora Pleßke develops a model of urban mentality to be employed for cities worldwide. Against the background of the Spatial Tu, she identifies dominant urban-specific structures of London mentality in contemporary London novels, such as Monica Ali’s »Brick Lane«, J.G. Ballard’s »Millennium People«, Nick Hoby’s »A Long Way Down«, and Ian McEwan’s »Saturday«.

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