Books by Lawrence (Yale University Manley

Early modern London was a place of transformation, becoming a metropolis and major European trading centre. This is a comprehensive account of the city's literature and culture, including its contribution to new structures of capitalism, and the liberation of the individual through the city's concentrated power.

London has provided the setting and inspiration for a host of literary works, from canonical masterpieces to the popular and ephemeral. Drawing upon a variety of methods and materials, the essays in this volume explore representations of the city and its literary culture from medieval times to the present.