Workers in the Dawn, Slum Writing and London’s “Urban Majority” Districts

Jason Finch

Workers in the Dawn, Slum Writing and London’s “Urban Majority” Districts

Jason Finch

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Abstract

The purpose of this essay is to reappraise Gissing’s slum writings and Gissing’s own status as a slum writer. I apply to his earliest fiction the most recent urban theory, developed to understand and critique developments in cities worldwide since the late twentieth century. This casts new light on Gissing but also calls into question the temporal narratives used in twenty-first century radical urban theory, suggesting alternatives to those.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	George Gissing and the Place of Realism
Editors	Rebecca Hutcheon
Place of Publication	Newcastle upon Tyne
Publisher	Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Chapter	2
Pages	36-54
Number of pages	18
ISBN (Print)	978-1-5275-6998-0
Publication status	Published - 29 Jun 2021
MoE publication type	A3 Part of a book or another research book

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slum
novel
London in literature
Gissing, George (1857-1903)

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FINCH.311019Accepted author manuscript, 596 KBLicence: Publisher rights policy

https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe202201148447

The Discursive Construction of the 'London Slum' 1820-1960: A Literary History
Finch, J.
Research Council of Finland
01/08/12 → 31/07/15
Project: Research Council of Finland/Other Research Councils

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Workers in the Dawn, Slum Writing and London’s “Urban Majority” Districts

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The Discursive Construction of the 'London Slum' 1820-1960: A Literary History

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