ENGLISH

London in Poetry and Prose

By Anna Adams

Book information

Publisher
Enitharmon Press
Year
2002
ISBN
9781910392492, 1900564033
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (2238709 bytes)
Pages
\0
Time added
2022-09-28 05:26:26
LCO009000Literary CriticismNonfiction

Description

This anthology is a celebration of the city of London: 'Noisy, stimulating, deadening, filthy, mysterious, tolerant, racist, crime-ridden, saint-haunted, ancient, up-to-the-minute, oppressive, liberating, crowded, lonely, addictive, and green-and-gardened, London is a microcosm of the World.' These words, from Anna Adams' Foreword, give a taste of the breadth of subject-matter and tone to be enjoyed in this magnificent illustrated anthology. Writing from the Middle Ages to the present is divided into themes including 'The Weather in the Streets', 'The Poor and the Rich', 'The Countryman in Town', 'The Recent Wars' and – unavoidably – 'London Transport'.

Similar books