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INTRODUCTION
whichłinmanyofthepresentedstudiesłtheurbanspaceevokesinits
residentsandvisitors.
Tetextsinthevolumearearrangedaccordingtotwołchronological
andthemełcriteria,toallowthereaderstofollowthecharactersofthe
articlesalongthestreetsofthedescribedcities.uTeCityTatIsNot:
ApophasisandAnglo-SaxonUrbanism”łtheopeningarticleofRafał
BorysławskiłprovidesimagesoftwoAnglo-Saxoncitiesthatinthis
studyconstituteprojectionsorimaginingsratherthantheactualrepre-
sentationsoftheexistingareas.Astheauthorhimselfadmits,utogether,
thetwovisionsconfirmtheOldEnglishmetaphysicalvalueofthecity
thatbecomesitsnegative,thatis,thecitythatisformedbyabsences,
lacunae,andvestigesofitspast.”Notonlydoessuchanimageaptly
designatetheinitialpointofthetimelinealongwhichthewholevolume
hasbeenorganizedbut,togetherwiththefollowingtexts,italsopresents
thecomplexstructureofanycityasbeingtransientandthusliabletobe
re-imaginedeveranew,andlookedatfrommanydiferentperspectives.
Twosubsequenttextsinthevolumeregardrepresentationsof
LondoncityinVictorianliterature.FirstłuCACityofResurrec-
tions)andCACityofNightmares):London,FemaleMonstrosity,
andtheWeirdSublimeinArthurMachen)sCTeGreatGodPan)”łwrit-
tenbyJacekMydla,presentsthereaderswiththepictureofurbanreality
throughArthurMachen)sGothicfiction,simultaneouslyillustratingthe
conceptofsublimityasindissolublylinkedwiththespecificaspectsofliv-
inginthemetropolis.Inthesecondarticlewhichdepictsthenineteenth-
centuryLondonspacełuTeMaze,theFog,theMass,theDog:Sherlock
HolmesinLondon”łJustynaJajszczokexaminesthecityasperceivedwith
thediscerningeyesofArthurConanDoyle)sdetectiveSherlockHolmes
whoexposestheleastattendedofitsurbansites.TefinalimageofLon-
don,thoughamuchmorecontemporaryone,ispresentedbySławomir
MasłońwhosearticleuAllEyesinSwingingLondon:Antonioni)sBlow-
UpandtheMazeofViolence”regardsthecitydepictedinMichelangelo
Antonioni)sBlow-up.Astheauthorhimselfadmits,hisobservationscon-
centratearoundimagesandrepresentationswhenhecommentsonthe
politicalaspectofthemid-twentieth-centurylifeinthecity.
London,however,isnottheonlyurbanspacesubjectedtoanalyses
inthepresentbook.Remainingwithinthescopeoffilmimages,the
