Towheed, Shafquat
(2009). Territory, Space, Modernity: Elizabeth Bowen's 'The Demon Lover and Other Stories' in wartime London.
In: Osborn, Susan ed.
Elizabeth Bowen: New Critical Perspectives.
Cork: Cork University Press, pp. 113–131.
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Abstract
This chapter considers the changing relationship between territory, space and place in Elizabeth Bowen's depiction of life in wartime London in the short story collection 'The Demon Lover and Other Stories.' An overview of the development of spatial theory in a range of fields (from physics and linguistics to art history and psychology) in the decades before World War II leads to a close reading of the importance of spatial relationships in Bowen's wartime stories. This chapter argues that the explosive spaces created and destroyed by the Blitz changed individual perception of the relationship between time and space, and that Bowen's stories articulate this tension.
| Item Type: |
Book Chapter
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| Copyright Holders: |
2009 Cork University Press |
| ISBN: |
1-85918-435-9, 978-1-85918-435-6 |
| Keywords: |
Elizabeth Bowen; spatial theory; World War II; London; Phyllis Pearsall; London A-Z; explosive space; agoraphobia; The Blitz; Modernism. |
| Academic Unit/Department: |
Arts > English |
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| Item ID: |
18603 |
| Depositing User: |
Shafquat Towheed
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| Date Deposited: |
08 Oct 2009 09:21 |
| Last Modified: |
23 Oct 2012 14:35 |
| URI: |
http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/18603 |
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