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A Reading of Bankside Through the Eyes of W. G. Sebald

Part 2 Dissertation 2018
Adam Hill
Newcastle University | UK
As a counterpoint to the narrative of progress that characterises the regeneration of Bankside Power Station into the Tate Modern, this essay comprises a re-reading of the building’s history through the lens of W. G. Sebald. An analysis of Sebald’s encounter with Somerleyton Hall aids a critical reading of Bankside’s written history and helps position its existence as a ruin between 1981 and 1993 as a time of critical potential.


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Katie Lloyd Thomas
2018
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