Writing the City Square - On the History and the Histories of City Squares

List of contents

Introduction PART I: GENERAL OBSERVATIONS 1: Words on the square; 2: The mediated square; 3: Shapes and forms; 4: Doves and dances PART II: HISTORICAL TYPES 5: The Agora; 6: Forum Romanum; 7: Medieval Marketplace; 8: The piazza; 9: The plaza; 10: The Place Royale; 11: The residential square; 12: The Crescent in Bath PART III: REPRESENTING MODERN SQUARES 13: Place de la Concorde; 14: Between demonization and domestication; 15: Squares in European literature; 16: Squares in Latin American literature; 17: The American Corner PART IV: PLANNERS AND MODERNIZATION 18: Ildefonso Cerdà and Barcelona; 19: Charles Buls and Brussels; 20: Camillo Sitte and Vienna PART V: TRENDS IN THE 20th CENTURY 21: Modernism; 22: Communism; 23: Consumerism PART VI: THE POLITICAL SQUARE 24: The Arab square; 25: Maidan and Maidanistas; Concluding Words

About the author

Martin Zerlang is a full professor of literature and modern culture at the University of Copenhagen. During the last 15 years, he - together with architects and other urbanists - has participated in a number of architectural competitions and taken first prize in three of these. He has edited a collection of essays on Representing London, and has published articles in English on the Tivoli Gardens, the New York World Exposition 1853, and Israels Plads, a city square in Copenhagen. He has published several books on urban culture and urban literature, among these Zoom København (2017) and books on the bicycle (2018), the car (2021), and the train (2023) in Danish culture.

Summary

This is an encyclopaedic book combining an overview of the history of city squares with analytical examples in literature. It will interest researchers, students, architects, urban planners, and readers with an interest in urban culture, architecture, history, lit and cultural studies.

Product details

• Authors: Martin Zerlang, Martin (University of Copenhagen Zerlang
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.05.2023
• EAN: 9781032372006
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3237200-6
• No. of pages: 242
• Series: Routledge Studies in Urbanism and the City
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning, City & town planning - architectural aspects, Urban & municipal planning, Literary studies: general, Human Geography, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Settlement, urban and rural geography, City and town planning: architectural aspects