%0 Journal Article
%T Marching towards Destruction: the Crowd in Urban Gothic
%A Christophe CHAMBOST
%J E-rea : Revue ¨¦lectronique d¡¯¨¦tudes sur le Monde Anglophone
%D 2007
%I 
%R 10.4000/erea.163
%X The impact of the city on Man¡¯s mind has often been fascinating for some writers. Starting from Walter Benjamin¡¯s analysis on Charles Baudelaire¡¯s poetry (329-390), one will first see the antagonistic features characterising the city and its inhabitants, more particularly those prone to stroll the streets. Although different in both its contents and its ¡°inscape¡±, we will briefly consider some of Gerard Manley Hopkins¡¯s poetry. Indeed the English poet also stresses the dual aspect of Man¡¯s ex...
%U http://erea.revues.org/163