Jason Finch is Associate Professor, English Language and Literature, at Åbo Akademi University. Previous books include E. M. Forster and English Place (2011), Deep Locational Criticism (2016) and, as co-editor, Literary Second Cities (2017). A founder member of the Association for Literary Urban Studies (ALUS), from 2019–22 he is Principal Investigator for Finland on the project ‘Public Transport as Public Space in European Cities’ (PUTSPACE), funded by the ERC’s HERA programme. Jason’s literary urban research interests include London, housing representations and public transport.

• AcknowledgementsPreface1 . Introduction 2. Concept, Method and Material3. Literary Urban Studies of a Pre-Modern World4. When People Move to Cities: Urbanisation and Realism5. Urban Modernity, Literary Modernism and Beyond6. Informal Planet: LUS and Contemporary Urbanity7. The Prose of the Urban World8. City Poetry and Poets’ Views of Urban Scenes9. Theatre in the City and Cities in Drama10. Conclusion: Finding Your Way Through Urban Form and Literary FormFurther readingGlossary of Concepts and FieldsIndex

Jason Finch is Associate Professor, English Language and Literature, at Åbo Akademi University. Previous books include E. M. Forster and English Place (2011), Deep Locational Criticism (2016) and, as co-editor, Literary Second Cities (2017). A founder member of the Association for Literary Urban Studies (ALUS), from 2019–22 he is Principal Investigator for Finland on the project ‘Public Transport as Public Space in European Cities’ (PUTSPACE), funded by the ERC’s HERA programme. Jason’s literary urban research interests include London, housing representations and public transport.

• AcknowledgementsPreface1 . Introduction 2. Concept, Method and Material3. Literary Urban Studies of a Pre-Modern World4. When People Move to Cities: Urbanisation and Realism5. Urban Modernity, Literary Modernism and Beyond6. Informal Planet: LUS and Contemporary Urbanity7. The Prose of the Urban World8. City Poetry and Poets’ Views of Urban Scenes9. Theatre in the City and Cities in Drama10. Conclusion: Finding Your Way Through Urban Form and Literary FormFurther readingGlossary of Concepts and FieldsIndex

Jason Finch is Associate Professor, English Language and Literature, at Åbo Akademi University. Previous books include E. M. Forster and English Place (2011), Deep Locational Criticism (2016) and, as co-editor, Literary Second Cities (2017). A founder member of the Association for Literary Urban Studies (ALUS), from 2019–22 he is Principal Investigator for Finland on the project ‘Public Transport as Public Space in European Cities’ (PUTSPACE), funded by the ERC’s HERA programme. Jason’s literary urban research interests include London, housing representations and public transport.

• AcknowledgementsPreface1 . Introduction 2. Concept, Method and Material3. Literary Urban Studies of a Pre-Modern World4. When People Move to Cities: Urbanisation and Realism5. Urban Modernity, Literary Modernism and Beyond6. Informal Planet: LUS and Contemporary Urbanity7. The Prose of the Urban World8. City Poetry and Poets’ Views of Urban Scenes9. Theatre in the City and Cities in Drama10. Conclusion: Finding Your Way Through Urban Form and Literary FormFurther readingGlossary of Concepts and FieldsIndex