1st Edition
Spatial Politics in Contemporary London Literature Writing Architecture and the Body
Introduction 1. Modular Bodies and Architecture as Skin: J. G. Ballard (1956-1975) 2. Human Ruins and Architectural Spectres (the 1980s and Beyond) PART I: Insubstantial Bodies and the City’s Organicism: Peter Ackroyd, Geoff Dyer and Michael Bracewell PART II: Ruins and Memory: Michael Moorcock and Iain Sinclair 3. Traumatized Subjects and Chaotic Substances: Iain Sinclair (the 1990s and the Millennium) 4. Corporeality within Abstract Space (from the 1970s to the Post-millennial) PART I: Islands and Rifts: J. G. Ballard and Geoff Ryman PART II: Stages and Intersections: Tom McCarthy and Zadie Smith Coda
Biography
Laura Colombino is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Genoa, Italy.
"Epistemologically adventurous, insightful and rigorously researched, this highly original, nuanced and always readable study is written with panache and an originality of argument and depth of insight that puts this volume at the head of such studies." – Julian Wolfreys, Loughborough University, UK
"The author combines methodologies and theoretical models with ease, and the interdisciplinary nature of the book is both necessary and refreshing." – Letizia Modena, Villanova University, USA
"Laura Colombino’s intelligently researched and concisely written book provides timely and essential reading for anyone interested in contemporary fictions of London" – Nick Hubble, School of Arts, Brunel University, UK
