Gammars of space: The language of London from Stow's Survey to Defoe's Tour

• Published in: Philological quarterly Vol. 76; no. 4; p. 387
• Main Author: Wall, Cynthia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Iowa City University of Iowa, Philological Quarterly 01.10.1997
• Subjects: British & Irish literature; Cities; Defoe, Daniel (1660-1731); English literature; Fires; History; Lefebvre, Henri (1901-1991); Literary criticism; Philology; Stow, John; Stow, William; United Kingdom > UK; England; London England

Wall examines the shift in narrative techniques and conceptual concerns of London topographies before and after the Great Fire of 1666 as a shift in cultural perceptions of urban space. He looks at John Stow's and Daniel Defoe's descriptions of London, as well as that of William Stow.