Imagining new york city literature urbanism and the visual arts 1890 1940 the language of vision photography and southern literature in the 1930s and after imagining new york city literature urbanism and the visual arts 1890 1940 by lindner christoph new york oxford univ press 2015 xii 228 pp cloth 10500 paper 3095 e book available the language of vision . Using examples from architecture film literature and the visual arts this wide ranging book examines the significance of new york city in the urban imaginary between 1890 and 1940 in particular imagining new york city considers how and why certain city spaces such as the skyline the sidewalk the slum and the subway have come to emblematize key aspects of the modern urban condition. Imagining new york city literature urbanism and the visual arts 1890 1940 oxford scholarship using examples from architecture film literature and the visual arts this wide ranging book examines the place and significance of new york city in the urban imaginary between 1890 and 1940. Imagining new york city literature urbanism and the visual arts 1890 1940 literature urbanism and the visual arts 1890 1940 users without a subscription are not able to see the full content. Using examples from architecture film literature and the visual arts this wide ranging book examines the significance of new york city in the urban imaginary between 1890 and 1940 in particular imagining new york city considers how and why