The Making of London: London in Contemporary Literature

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 8
List of Illustrations......Page 9
Acknowledgements......Page 11
List of Abbreviations......Page 13
Introduction: From \'ellowen deeowen\' to \'Babylondon\': London is a Language......Page 16
1 \'Fabricked out of Literature and Myth\': Maureen Duffy\'s Londons......Page 32
2 \'Of Real Experience Mixed with Myth\': Michael Moorcock\'s Authentic London Myths......Page 57
3 \'A Zoo fit for Psychopaths\': J. G. Ballard versus London......Page 82
4 \'Struck out of Pure Invention\': Iain Sinclair and the Problem of London......Page 109
5 \'In Preordained Patterns\': Peter Ackroyd and the Voices of London......Page 135
6 \'Beyond the Responsibility of Place\': Ian McEwan\'s Londons......Page 168
7 \'In a Prose so Diagonal and Mood-Warped\': Martin Amis\'s Scatological London......Page 192
8 \'Through a Confusion of Languages\': Mastering London with Salman Rushdie and Hanif Kureishi......Page 216
9 \'Kyan you imagine dat?\': The New London Languages of Zadie Smith and Monica Ali......Page 246
Conclusion: London Undone?......Page 276
Notes......Page 287
Select Bibliography......Page 314
Index......Page 326