Maps and the writing of space in early modern England and Ireland
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Maps and the writing of space in early modern England and Ireland
Palgrave, 2001
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 188-224) and index
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Description
Maps make the world visible, but they also obscure, distort, idealize. This wide-ranging study traces the impact of cartography on the changing cultural meanings of space, offering a fresh analysis of the mental and material mapping of early modern England and Ireland. Combining cartographic history with critical cultural studies and literary analysis, it examines the construction of social and political space in maps, in cosmography and geography, in historical and political writing, and in the literary works of Marlowe, Shakespeare, Spenser and Drayton.
Table of Contents
List of Figures Plate Section Acknowledgements Introduction: The Cartographic Transaction PART I: MEASUREMENTS Mathematics of the World Land Measuring: An Upstart Art Surveying Ireland PART II: CARTOGRAPHIES The Whole World at One View Mapping the Nation The Image of Ireland PART III: NARRATIVES Imaginary Journeys: Describing Britain The Poetics of National Space Groundless Fictions: Writing Irish Space Index
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