Literature & place, 1800-2000
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Literature & place, 1800-2000
P. Lang, c2008
2nd unrev. ed
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Literature and place, 1800-2000
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Originally published: 2006
Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-232) and index
Contents of Works
- Maps of fictional space / Michael Irwin
- The English cottage as cultural critique and associationist paradigm / Malcolm Andrews
- Urban labyrinths : Dickens and the pleasures of place / Murray Baumgarten
- Scott, cartography, and the appropriation of Scottish place / David Blair
- Between past and future : the place of Seamus Heaney / Sarah Fulford
- Proust, Ruskin, Stokes, and the topographical project / Stephen Bann
- A fictional place : constructions and reconstitutions of the GDR before and after German unification / Martin Kane
- 'Past the school book depository, through Dealey Plaza and beneath the Triple Underpass' : place in Don DeLillo's fiction / Stuart Hutchinson
- From the middle of nowhere to the heartland : the great plains and American regionalism / Robert L. Dorman
- Writing islands / Rod Edmond
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Ten original essays examine the transactions between real places and the literary imagination, including the reinvention of real places in literary form, from 1800 to the present day. They deal with different kinds of locations (islands, countries, cities), the topoi writers use to articulate a sense of place (maps, ruins, landscape, history), their generic manifestations in fiction, travel writing, topography, (auto)biography and poetry, and the theoretical and methodological issues which arise. The focus moves outwards from local to regional and national issues, covering questions of cultural identity, space, representation, historicity, and modernity in England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Germany, the United States, and the South Pacific. The contributors are drawn from both sides of the Atlantic, and include established scholars as well as newer voices.
Table of Contents
Contents: Peter Brown: Introduction - Michael Irwin: Maps of Fictional Space - Malcolm Andrews: The English Cottage as Cultural Critique and Associationist Paradigm - Murray Baumgarten: Urban Labyrinths: Dickens and the Pleasures of Place - David Blair: Scott, Cartography, and the Appropriation of Scottish Place - Sarah Fulford: Between Past and Future: The Place of Seamus Heaney - Stephen Bann: Proust, Ruskin, Stokes, and the Topographical Project - Martin Kane: A Fictional Place: Constructions and Reconstitutions of the GDR before and after German Unification - Stuart Hutchinson: 'Past the School Book Depository, through Dealey Plaza and beneath the Triple Underpass': Place in Don DeLillo's Fiction - Robert L. Dorman: From the Middle of Nowhere to the Heartland: The Great Plains and American Regionalism - Rod Edmond: Writing Islands.
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