Title Underground writing : the London tube from George Gissing to Virginia Woolf / David Welsh

Published Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, [2010] ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (306 pages) Contents The kingdom of shadows: the infernal underground of George Gissing -- The utopian underground of H.G. Wells -- 'The roar of the underground railway': the making of the Tube in the interwar years -- The kingdom of individuals: safety and security on the Tube in the Second World War Summary The purpose of this book is to explore the ways in which the London Underground was 'mapped' by a number of writers from George Gissing to Virginia Woolf. From late Victorian London to the end of World War II, 'underground writing' created an imaginative world beneath the streets of London. The real subterranean railway was therefore re-enacted in number of ways in writing, including as Dantean Underworld or hell, as a gateway to a utopian future, as psychological looking-glass or as place of safety and security Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-293) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Subways -- England -- London -- Literary collections Subway stations -- England -- London -- Literary collections Subways -- England -- London -- History Subway stations -- England -- London -- History LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. Subway stations Subways Englisch Literatur Stadsspoorwegen. SUBJECT London (England) -- Literary collections Subject England -- London Underground London Londen. Genre/Form History Literary collections Form Electronic book ISBN 9781846315978 1846315972 9781781386989 1781386986

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