Chiesa, Laura, 1967-

Space as storyteller spatial jumps in architecture, critical theory, and literature / [electronic resource] : Laura Chiesa. - Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2016. - 1 online resource (pages cm) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- In the primeval fields of modernity -- Abstract theatricality as impossible synthesis -- Cities and puzzles : multiple and contrasting emotions -- From fictionalizing function to redefining the now of the urban -- Adventuring (in) the architectural field : Rem Koolhaas and the Office for Metropolitan Architecture -- Coda.

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Koolhaas, Rem--Criticism and interpretation.
Tschumi, Bernard, 1944- --Criticism and interpretation.
Perec, Georges, 1936-1982 --Criticism and interpretation.
Calvino, Italo--Criticism and interpretation.
Marinetti, F. T., 1876-1944 --Criticism and interpretation.
Benjamin, Walter, 1892-1940 --Criticism and interpretation.


Cities and towns in literature.
Architecture and literature.
Architecture, Modern--History and criticism.--20th century
Space and time in literature.
Literature, Modern--History and criticism.--20th century


Electronic books.

PN56.S667 / C466 2016

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