{"product_id":"literary-second-cities-hardcover","title":"Literary Second Cities - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJason Finch\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eLieven Ameel\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMarkku Salmela\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book brings together geographers and literary scholars in a series of engagements near the boundaries of their disciplines. In urban studies, disproportionate attention has been given to a small set of privileged 'first' cities. This volume problematizes the dominance of such alpha cities, offering a wide perspective on 'second cities' and their literature. The volume is divided into three themed sections. 'In the Shadow of the Alpha City' problematizes the image of cities defined by their function and size, bringing out the contradictions and contestations inherent in cultural productions of second cities, including Birmingham and Bristol in the UK, Las Vegas in the USA, and Tartu in Estonia. 'Frontier Second Cities' pays attention to the multiple and trans-national pasts of second cities which occupy border zones, with a focus on Narva, in Estonia, and Turkish\/Kurdish Diyarbakir. The final section, 'The Diffuse Second City', examines networks the diffuse secondary city made up of interlinked small cities, suburban sprawl and urban overspill, with literary case studies from Italy, Sweden, and Finland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJason Finch\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor in English Language and Literature at Åbo Akademi University, Finland. Previously published works include \u003ci\u003eDeep Locational Criticism: Imaginative Place in Literary Research and Teaching \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eE.M. Forster and English Place: A Literary Topography.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLieven Ameel \u003c\/b\u003eis Lecturer in Comparative Literature at the University of Tampere, Finland. Previously published works include \u003ci\u003eHelsinki in Early Twentieth-Century Literature: Urban Experiences in Finnish Prose Fiction 1890-1940\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLanguage, Space and Power: Urban Entanglements \u003c\/i\u003e(ed.).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarkku Salmela\u003c\/b\u003e is Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Tampere, Finland. Previously published works include \u003ci\u003ePaul Auster's Spatial Imagination\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Grotesque and the Unnatural\u003c\/i\u003e (ed.).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 267\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 8.27 x 5.83 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 06, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48478268522745,"sku":"9783319627182","price":178.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/tMvzZ8s9JF9783319627182.webp?v=1780434297","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/literary-second-cities-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}