Writing the city square : on the history and the histories of city squares
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Writing the city square : on the history and the histories of city squares
（Routledge studies in urbanism and the city）
Routledge, 2023
- : hbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
The history of cities is also the history of city squares. The agora, the forum, the piazza, the plaza: All presuppose the idea of a center. It's a material and mental phenomenon. Literature is an important part of this history, and the interplay between the square as physical space and the square as literature is the topic of this book.
This is an encyclopedic book combining an overview of the history of city squares with a plethora of analytical examples of its reflection in literature: Literature uses the city square as a frame; city squares serve as frames for drama; novels and other kinds of literature comment on city squares; city squares are sources of inspiration for all sorts of literary activities. Socrates in the agora, Cicero in the Forum, Calderon in the Plaza Mayor, Corneille in the Place Royale, Richardson in Grosvenor Square, James in Washington Square, Woolf in Bloomsbury Square, Doeblin and Groeschner in Alexanderplatz, Rodoreda in Diamond Square in Barcelona, DeLillo in Times Square, Al Aswany in Tahrir Square, the Maidanistas in the Maidan of Kyiv: These are just some of the examples presented and analyzed in this book.
The book is of direct interest for researchers, students, and professionals such as architects and urban planners, but it is written in a way that makes it accessible for all readers with an interest in urban culture, architecture, history, literature, and cultural studies.
目次
- Introduction PART I: GENERAL OBSERVATIONS 1: Words on the square
- 2: The mediated square
- 3: Shapes and forms
- 4: Doves and dances PART II: HISTORICAL TYPES 5: The Agora
- 6: Forum Romanum
- 7: Medieval Marketplace
- 8: The piazza
- 9: The plaza
- 10: The Place Royale
- 11: The residential square
- 12: The Crescent in Bath PART III: REPRESENTING MODERN SQUARES 13: Place de la Concorde
- 14: Between demonization and domestication
- 15: Squares in European literature
- 16: Squares in Latin American literature
- 17: The American Corner PART IV: PLANNERS AND MODERNIZATION 18: Ildefonso Cerda and Barcelona
- 19: Charles Buls and Brussels
- 20: Camillo Sitte and Vienna PART V: TRENDS IN THE 20th CENTURY 21: Modernism
- 22: Communism
- 23: Consumerism PART VI: THE POLITICAL SQUARE 24: The Arab square
- 25: Maidan and Maidanistas
- Concluding Words
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