“This fabulous flotsam”: Michael Moorcock’s Urban Anthropology in “London under London”

Christoph Houswitschka
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Abstract Michael Moorcock is often described as “one of the most prolific and varied writers working in Britain” (Malcolm 146). His success as a writer and editor of science fiction and fantasy literature is well established, but he is also the author of two novels about London, Mother London (1988) and King of the City (2000). Hardly known, Mother London by Michael Moorcock, offers itself to a variety of approaches that have been widely discussed in the context of studies on English literature during the Thatcher years, post-modernism, and psycho-geography. The novel resonates with the author’s own childhood in war-time London without being autobiographical. It tells the story of three Londoners who were traumatised during the Blitz. The following article focuses on the mysteries of subterranean London that represents the hidden and unconscious identities of its inhabitants in the post-war period.
“这艘神话般的漂浮物”:Michael Moorcock在《伦敦之下的伦敦》中的城市人类学
迈克尔·穆尔科克常被誉为“英国最多产、最多样化的作家之一”(Malcolm 146)。作为一名作家和科幻文学的编辑,他的成功是众所周知的,但他也写了两部关于伦敦的小说,《伦敦母亲》(1988)和《城市之王》(2000)。鲜为人知的是,迈克尔·穆尔科克的《伦敦母亲》提供了各种各样的方法,这些方法在撒切尔时代的英国文学研究、后现代主义和心理地理学的背景下被广泛讨论。这部小说与作者自己在战时伦敦的童年产生共鸣,而不是自传性的。它讲述了三个伦敦人在闪电战中受到精神创伤的故事。下面这篇文章将重点介绍地下伦敦的神秘之处,这些神秘之处代表了战后伦敦居民隐藏和无意识的身份。
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