Abstract

In terms of the relationship between city and literature, Harold Bloom in his works Literary Places points out city is the poetical dwelling and source of literature, while writers construct various images of city in the literature. By analyzing the relationship between city and literature, on one side, city is the matrix of literature. City provides writers with writing materials and opportunities to demonstrate the panorama of a city. On the other side, writer’s works cultivate a kind of culture in a city and make the city come the unique literary capital.

Highlights

  • The relationship between city and literature has puzzled many writers and critics for decades

  • In terms of the relationship between city and literature, Harold Bloom in his works Literary Places points out city is the poetical dwelling and source of literature, while writers construct various images of city in the literature

  • Through the analysis of the relationship between city and literary in Harold Bloom’s Literary Places, this paper aims to re-examine the connection between city and literature in the transition period between urban and rural areas in the United States and Europe, illustrating the distortion of the image of city in modern literature

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Introduction

The relationship between city and literature has puzzled many writers and critics for decades. The author regards Paris as the center of the existing literary space, and national writers take this as the standard to measure their position in the space This literary space is occupied by literary capitals such as Paris, London, New York and Dublin. The six volumes of Literary Places published by Harold Bloom in 2017 precisely involve six famous literary cities such as London, Paris, New York, Dublin, Rome and St. Petersburg as objects to clearly show the territory of world literature. Petersburg as objects to clearly show the territory of world literature In these books, the author tells the history of those cities in detail from the perspective of literature, discussing the subtle relationship between city and writers, telling writers’ anecdotes. It is a literary monograph, and a prose travel notes, so that readers can understand the literary stories behind the city and enjoy the beautiful urban scenery, which can be described as a spiritual literary pilgrimage

Literature Review
The Literary Map in Cities
The Image of City in Literature
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