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The Tsar-tree: An Urban Fantasy
Soviet Studies in Literature, 1986It seems to me that in a discussion of the city and literature, it is appropriate to recall the name of V. I. Vernadskii and his idea of the noosphere, which somehow has something in common with the subject of the UNESCO conference. After all, the city is a kind of visible symbol of the earth's new "thinking layer." But in speaking of what exists and ...
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African urban fantasies: dreams or nightmares?
Environment and Urbanization, 2013Labelled as the “last frontier” for international property development, sub-Saharan Africa’s larger cities are currently being revisioned in the image of cities such as Dubai, Shanghai and Singapore, which claim top positions in the world-class city leagues.
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2018
This chapter examines the origins of the post-war Plans as a means to interrogate a number of historical stereotypes about Britain after the Second World War. In 1945 Hull and Manchester, in common with many other British towns and cities, produced comprehensive, detailed redevelopment plans.
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This chapter examines the origins of the post-war Plans as a means to interrogate a number of historical stereotypes about Britain after the Second World War. In 1945 Hull and Manchester, in common with many other British towns and cities, produced comprehensive, detailed redevelopment plans.
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Governance Challenges in African Urban Fantasies
2020Satellite settlements are recently booming around major African cities, often as comprehensively planned and self-contained new towns. These large-scale projects are influenced by the visions of global, smart, and sustainable cities, and are funded largely through international real estate investments aimed at the middle- and upper-income markets.
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Fantasy as a Peripheral Modernism: Uneven Development in Charles de Lint's Urban Fantasy
2016Modern fantasy must be analyzed as a modernist literature that posits a critical gesture of refusal of the conditions of modernity. As a form of irrealism, a category that includes Gothic and magic realism, fantasy claims to represent a deeper realism even if it uses non-realist techniques to do so.
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