{"product_id":"9780230255234","title":"Lost in the American City: Dickens,James,and Kafka","description":" Jeremy Tambling looks at European-formed reactions to America and American cities in the 19th century. Dickens visited America in 1842 and his American Notes and Martin Chuzzlewit set the agenda for future discussions of America. Tambling looks at the Dickens legacy through Henry James in \u003ci\u003eThe American Scene\u003c\/i\u003e, through H.G. Wells in \u003ci\u003eThe Future in America\u003c\/i\u003e, and through Kafka in \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Was Never Heard of Again\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eLost in the American City\u003c\/i\u003e explores the changes in American 19th century urban culture which made America so different and so impossible to map, and which made American modernity so unreadable and challenging.\u003cp\u003eAuthor Biography: Jeremy Tambling is Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Hong Kong, and author of \u003ci\u003eHenry James: Critical Issues\u003c\/i\u003e.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Palgrave Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47067435237616,"sku":"9780230255234","price":89.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780230255234_p0.jpg?v=1763675222","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780230255234","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}