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This innovative scholarly work by Edward J. Ahearn bridges literature and social science to reveal how urban life unfolds across disciplinary boundaries. Spanning from the second half of the nineteenth century in Western Europe to contemporary United States, the book juxtaposes literary masterworks with sociological writings to uncover insights neither field can provide alone. The analysis encompasses diverse literary genres and sociological schools, connecting Baudelaire's city essays with Durkheim and Simmel's theories, alongside Brecht's dramatic works. Ahearn's interdisciplinary approach demonstrates how writers and social scientists together construct deeper understandings of metropolitan existence, class dynamics, and cultural transformation across two centuries of European and American urban development.

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Combines nineteenth and twentieth-century European literature with American urban sociology to create a uniquely integrated analysis of city life.

Features comparisons between canonical authors like Baudelaire and Brecht alongside influential sociologists including Durkheim and Simmel.

Covers literary genres and sociological schools from 1848 through 2001, tracing urban intellectual history across Western contexts.

Published by Routledge, a leading academic press specialising in rigorous interdisciplinary scholarship for graduate students and researchers.

Challenges traditional disciplinary boundaries by demonstrating how literature and social science reveal complementary truths about metropolitan existence.

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Release Date
28 January 2010
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