When William Met Mary: The Rewriting of Mary Lamb’S and William-Henry Ireland’S Stories in Peter Ackroyd’S The Lambs Of London

Peter Ackroyd’s London novels represent a distinctive component in his project of composing a literary-historical biography of the city. Understanding London as a multilayered palimpsest of texts, Ackroyd adds to this ongoing process by rewriting the city’s history from new, imaginative perspectives...

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Main Author: Chalupský Petr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2012-12-01
Series:Studia Anglica Posnaniensia
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/v10121-012-0018-4