Melbourne: city of words

McLaren, John (2013) Melbourne: city of words. Australian Scholarly Publication, North Melbourne.

Abstract

Like cities everywhere, Melbourne is two cities. There is the city of space and place, of the streets and parks and buildings where we live. Then there is the city of words, the imagined city that has inspired or directed the building of the material city, and that holds the memories of the lives its people have led

Item type Book
URI https://vuir.vu.edu.au/id/eprint/25819
ISBN 9781925003079
Subjects Historical > FOR Classification > 2005 Literary Studies
Historical > FOR Classification > 2103 Historical Studies
Current > Collections > McLaren Papers
Keywords literature, poets, poetry, biographies, Australia, Australian writers, Melbourne
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