Subway City: Riding the Trains, Reading New York - Couverture rigide

Brooks, Michael W.

 
9780813523965: Subway City: Riding the Trains, Reading New York
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0813523966 ISBN 13 : 9780813523965
Editeur : Rutgers University Press, 1997

Synopsis

This work examines the image of the New York Subway and probes the texts which have dramatised the ""dangers lurking below ground"". The subway setting provided Harold Lloyd with material for comedy, fueled William Randolph Hearst's crusade against the traction trust, and was the scene for the infamous Berhard Goetz murder - that made it symbol of the city's decay. The author addresses how the Subway has been used as a metaphor for the city itself as well as its problems, conveying hopes and fears for the urban future. Brooks explores the work of such artistic and literary figures as Reginald Marsh, Walker Evans, Tom Wolfe, Saul Bellow, Betty Smith, James Baldwin, ralph Ellison and LeRoi Jones.

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Éditeur
Rutgers University Press
Date d'édition
1997
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0813523966
ISBN 13 
9780813523965
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
295
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Personne responsable
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