London Narratives: Post-War Fiction and the CityThe post-war redevelopment of London has been the most extensive in its history, and has been accompanied by a dramatic social and cultural upheaval. |
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... Heat of the Day is to accent- uate the individual against the homogenized suffering of the war and the seething crowds of the metropolis . Certainly the blackout is a manifestation of the war , as is the Blitz of the early days of ...
... Heat of the Day . Both novels feature a love triangle which provides the main narrative conflict , a feature they share not only with The Heat of the Day but also the two earlier war novels by Hamilton and Greene , Hangover Square and ...
... Heat of the Day and The Slaves of Solitude , are dan- gerous and often associated with fascism . For Stella the distinction is one of knowing where you are from , even while admitting she ' had come loose from her moorings ' ( Heat 114 ) ...
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Rewriting London | 1 |
The Centre Cannot Hold | 35 |
Love in a Cold Climate | 56 |
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