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Subject: Re: [h-london] Flaneurs and London?
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 18:04:38 -0400
From: "ahudson" <[log in to unmask]>
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fyi, mapfolk
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06/05/2003 04:45 Subject: Re: [h-london]
Flaneurs and London?
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I'm not familiar with Edmund White's book, but I think the writer best
embodying the literary flaneur tradition in relation to modern London is
probably Iain Sinclair. Have a look at _Lights out for the Territory_.
Each
chapter is based around a defined walk through modern London in which he
blends social commentary, history and literary associations in a
fascinating
way. Not what I'd call light tourist reading though, but a very
interesting
piece of writing. There's an essay on Sinclair (and Michael Moorcock) in
the
latest edition of the Literary London Journal by Brian Baker (Chester
College
of HE) entitled "Maps of the London Underground: Iain Sinclair and
Michael
Moorcock's Psychogeography of the city" which can be accessed directly
from
the following web address: http://homepages.gold.ac.uk/london-
journal/baker.html
Best,
Lawrence
Dr Lawrence Phillips,
Editor, The Literary London Journal,
Department of English and Comparative Literature,
Goldsmiths College,
University of London,
New Cross,
London,
SE14 6NW
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