Essex and the Metropolitan Periphery in To London Town, Cunning Murrell, and "A Wizard of Yesterday"

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Abstract

Arthur Morrison’s reputation entwines him with the lowest social levels of 1890s London and with the topographic specifics of the city’s eastern sector. V.S. Pritchett applied the label “an East End novelist” to Morrison in 1944 and it has stuck. Newer research emphasizes the specificity of different East End districts in Morrison’s writing. But Morrison was, equally, a writer of London’s hinterland. He needs rereading in a way that integrates London with its sociogeographic contexts.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCritical Essays on Arthur Morrison and the East End
EditorsDiana Maltz
Place of PublicationNew York
PublisherRoutledge
Chapter11
Pages220-242
Number of pages22
ISBN (Electronic)9781003016489
ISBN (Print)9781003016489, 9780367860226
Publication statusPublished - 26 Jul 2022
MoE publication typeA3 Part of a book or another research book

Keywords

  • Essex
  • Morrison, Arthur
  • London in literature
  • suburbanization

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