TY - BOOK AU - Moore,Robbie TI - Hotel Modernity: Corporate Space in Literature and Film T2 - Edinburgh Critical Studies in Modernist Culture : ECCSMC SN - 9781474456654 AV - PN56.H68 M66 2021 U1 - 809/.93355 23 PY - 2022///] CY - Edinburgh PB - Edinburgh University Press KW - Civilization, Modern KW - Hotels in literature KW - Hotels in motion pictures KW - Hotels KW - Social aspects KW - History KW - 19th century KW - 20th century KW - Place (Philosophy) in literature KW - Place (Philosophy) in motion pictures KW - Space (Architecture) in literature KW - Space (Architecture) in motion pictures KW - Literary Studies KW - LITERARY CRITICISM / General KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; FIGURES --; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --; SERIES EDITORS’ PREFACE --; INTRODUCTION --; 1 LOUNGING BODIES: THE LOBBY AND PIAZZA --; 2 STAIN RESISTANCE: THE PARLOUR AND READING-ROOM --; 3 ‘RITZ’: THE ROOF GARDEN --; 4 HOTEL ANGST: THE CORRIDOR AND ELEVATOR --; 5 THE HOTEL AUTEUR: THE MANAGER’S OFFICE --; BIBLIOGRAPHY --; INDEX; restricted access N2 - A richly historicised account of the modern corporation and its spatial manifestations in Britain and AmericaCentres the hotel and corporate space as key sites of modern experience and cultureExamines architectural and financial records, hotel trade journals, travel journalism, advertisements, and cinematic and literary representations to offer a thorough historical account of the hotel from 1870 to 1939Makes suggestive and original connections between material culture and literary formHotel Modernity explores the impact of corporate space on the construction and texture of modern fiction and film. It centres the hotel and corporate space as key sites of modern experience and culture. Examining architectural and financial records, hotel trade journals, travel journalism, advertisements and cinematic and literary representations, it charts the rise of hotel culture from 1870 to 1939. From Henry James to Elizabeth Bowen and Charlie Chaplin, from the ecstatic Waldorf to the ephemeral Ritz, from upstate New York to the Italian Riviera, the book considers the effects of hotel space on bodies, selves and communities UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474456678 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781474456678 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781474456678/original ER -