Perspectives | On Cities

By Jacobs, Durrell, Walser and others

Welcome back to The Humanities Library, where this week I've been neglecting chores and responsibilities to read about cities. Inspired by T.S. Eliot's mesmerising Preludes, which I chanced upon reading again this week, I've been gathering together writing that captures the restless, hypnotic energy of urban life.

Across different times and places, a few…