The book discusses the evolution of the urban chronotope in the selected novels by Peter Ackroyd, an acclaimed British author. The examined narratives illustrate the transformation from the postmodern tenets of historiographic metafiction into a unique urban mythopoetics by means of a semiotic analysis.

Collected under the theme of «Visions and Revisions», the papers included in this volume examine different aspects of literature and culture of the Anglophone world. Divided into three parts – poetry, prose and culture – this diverse volume reflects the dynamics of change in literature and culture, enabling investigation of the multifaceted canon.