NOVEL STREETS: THE REBUILDING OF LONDON AND DEFOE'S "A JOURNAL OF THE PLAGUE YEAR"

• Published in: Studies in the novel Vol. 30; no. 2; pp. 164 - 177
• Main Author: WALL, CYNTHIA
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Denton, Tex University of North Texas 01.07.1998; North Texas State University; Johns Hopkins University Press
• Subjects: Alleys; British & Irish literature; Cities; Defoe, Daniel (1660-1731); English literature; History; Literary criticism; Narratives; Novels; Street names; Street signs; Streets; Token money; Urban areas; Urban space; Written narratives; United Kingdom > UK; England; London England

Daniel Defoe's "A Journal of the Plague Year" offers a 1720s reading of the experiential and narrative power of streets as more than simply separations or routes between buildings, but as spaces in their own right, suggesting topographical meaning, offering experiential boundaries, an...