-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [h-london] Flaneurs and London? Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 18:04:38 -0400 From: "ahudson" <[log in to unmask]> ------------------ fyi, mapfolk see below from H-London listserv. Alice C. Hudson Chief, Map Division The Humanities and Social Sciences Library The New York Public Library 5th Avenue & 42nd Street, Room 117 New York, NY 10018-2788 [log in to unmask]; 212-930-0589; fax 212-930-0027 http://nypl.org/research/chss/map/map.html The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit. - Nelson Henderson ----- Forwarded by ahudson/MHT/Nypl on 06/05/2003 06:05 PM ----- [log in to unmask] k To: [log in to unmask] cc: 06/05/2003 04:45 Subject: Re: [h-london] Flaneurs and London? PM Please respond to h-london 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 [log in to unmask] +44 020 7919 7430 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [log in to unmask] For additional commands, e-mail: [log in to unmask]