Invention of Space

Invention of Space

City, Travel and Literature

"Covering a wide range of topics and texts, ""Invention of Space"" explores ways in which space has been represented and recreated during the twentieth century in Spanish and Catalan literature. "

  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Table of Contents
  • City and Travel. Walking the (Un)Known City
  • 1. Reading the City
    • Theories on the City
    • City-Book
    • The City as Seen from Above (and from Outside)
    • Inner Experiences of the City
  • 2. On Rivers and Maps. Iberian Approaches to Comparatism
    • Drawing Rivers
    • Reading Maps
    • Appendix
  • 3. Borders in the City: Rewriting Walls
    • Borders and the City
    • Cross and Circle
    • Heterotopies: Cemetery, Brothel, Rastro
  • 4. “Decrèpita i teatral”? On Literary Explorations of Barcelona
    • Walking the City
    • A Critical View
  • 5. The Lights and Names of Paris: Llorenç Villalonga’s BEARN
    • Reading and Writing Issues
    • Use of Space in Bearn
    • Paris, a Mythical City
    • Two Visits to Paris and Two Operas
    • Paris, the “lumières,” Bearn
  • 6. Exile in the City: Mercè Rodoreda’s LA PLAÇA DEL DIAMANT
    • Allegory and City
    • Liberation from Space
  • 7. Literary Construction: The Case of Eduardo Mendoza
    • A Trilogy of Urban Novels
    • Pastiche and Parody
    • Contemplation of the City
  • 8 In Transit: Exploring Travelogues
    • Travel and Travelogues
    • Travelers
    • Typologies
  • 9. Back from the USSR. Travelers in the Land of the Soviets
    • Isolated from the Land
  • 10. Lightweight Luggage: Travel and Exile
    • Away from Home
    • Living in the Margins
  • 11. Threshold to Nowhere? Travelogues to Non-places
    • Non-Places and the Infra-ordinary
    • Travelogues of Non-Places
    • A Mind of their Own
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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