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S/LI/269. Swarming Like Flies: Poetic Responses to Movement in London

WORDS:
2000
DATE:
2008
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29.99 GBP

The paper addresses the issues of dehumanisation of individuals in modern cities examining the flow of people within the urban environment of London and comparing its poetic portrayals by William Wordsworth and modern poet Ray Davies. The changes in the attitudes to city life are discussed.

 

KEYWORDS: London, city, urban, Wordsworth, Ray Davies,