Georgian geographies : essays on space, place and landscape in the eighteenth century / edited by Miles Ogborn and Charles W.J. Withers.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ogborn, Miles.

Withers, Charles W. J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human geography--Great Britain.

Human geography.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--History--18th century.

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 220 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2004.

Summary:

Georgian Geographies provides an innovative interdisciplinary examination of the geographical nature of culture and society in eighteenth-century Britain and the British world. The book's introduction identifies the key areas of study as the geographical constitution of empire, the Englightenment and the public sphere. These themes are explored by examining the connections between space, place and landscape in the eighteenth century in relation to the emergent empire in the Caribbean and northwest America, and in Britain itself. The topics considered include landscape painting, London's art world, geography's books, mapping, the geography of erotic fiction, provincial science, and the production of domestic space in the early English novel. This fascinating collection presents substantial empirical studies, is theoretically vibrant and splendidly illustrated. It will be an essential contribution to eighteenth-century studies for research and teaching staff, postgraduates and advanced undergraduate students in geography, history, literary studies, the history of art, postcolonial studies and the history of science.

Contents:

1 Introduction: Georgian geographies? Miles Ogborn and / Charles W. J. Withers 1

2 Georgian geographies 'from and for the margins': 'King George men' on the northwest coast of North America / Daniel Clayton 24

3 Creole negotiations: white anti-Methodism in Barbados, 1823-26 / David Lambert 52

4 The art of tropical travel, 1768-1830 / Luciana Martins 72

5 'A world of pictures': Pall Mall and the topography of display, 1780-99 / Rosie Dias 92

6 A geography of Georgian narrative space / Cynthia Wall 114

7 Spaces of erotic delight / Karen Harvey 131

8 Joseph Banks, mapping and the geographies of natural knowledge / John Gascoigne 151

9 Arcadian instincts: a geography of truth in Georgian England / Vladimir Jankovic 174

10 Geography books and the character of Georgian politics / Robert J. Mayhew 192.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0719065100

OCLC:

53192392