The Mysteries of Paris and London - Victorian Literature & Culture - Richard Maxwell - Books - University of Virginia Press - 9780813913414 - May 29, 1992
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The Mysteries of Paris and London - Victorian Literature & Culture

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This study uses 19th-century urban fiction - in particular the novels of Hugo and Dickens - to define a genre: the novel of urban mysteries. He argues that within these extravagant but fact-obsessed narratives the archaic form of allegory became a means for understanding modern cities.

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Released May 29, 1992
ISBN13 9780813913414
Publishers University of Virginia Press
Pages 416
Dimensions 175 × 224 × 34 mm   ·   875 g

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