Geocritical explorations : space, place, and mapping in literary and cultural studies / edited by Robert T. Tally Jr. ; foreword by Bertrand Westphal.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tally, Robert T., Jr.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Space in literature.

Geocriticism.

Geography and literature.

Place (Philosophy) in literature.

Physical Description:

xviii, 231 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, [2011]

Summary:

In recent years the spatial turn in literary and cultural studies has opened up new ways of looking at the interactions among writers, readers, texts, and places. Geocriticism offers a timely new approach, and Ceocritical Explorations presents an array of concrete examples and readings, which also reveal the broad range of gedcritical practices. Representing various areas of literary and cultural studies, as well as different parts of the globe and multiple types of space, Ceocritical Explorations provides a succinct overview of geocriticism and a point of departure for further exploration. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Geocriticism in Theory and Practice

Geocriticism, Geopoetics, Geophilosophy, and Beyond / Eric Prieto Prieto, Eric

The Presencing of Place in Literature: Towards an Embodied Topopoetic Mode of Reading / Sten Pultz Moslund Moslund, Sten Pultz

Part II Places, Spaces, Texts

Redrawing the Map: An Interdisciplinary Geocritical Approach to Australian Cultural Narratives / Peta Mitchell Mitchell, Peta, Jane Stadler Stadler, Jane

Textual Forests: The Representation of Landscape in Latin American Narratives / Maria Mercedes Ortiz Rodriguez Rodriguez, Maria Mercedes Ortiz

Land of Racial Confluence and Spatial Accessibility: Claude McKay's Sense of Mediterranean Place / Michael K. Walonen Walonen, Michael K.

The Shores of Aphrodite's Island: Cyprus and European Travel Memory / Antoine Eche Eche, Antoine

Jefferson's Ecologies of Exception: Geography, Race, and American Empire in the Age of Globalization / Christine M. Battista Battista, Christine M.

Part III Transgressions, Movements, Border Crossings

Geopolitics, Landscape, and Guilt in Nineteenth-Century Colonial Literature / Rebecca Weaver-Hightower Weaver-Hightower, Rebecca

"Amid all the maze, uproar and novelty" : The Limits of Other-Space in Sister Carrie / Rachel Collins Collins, Rachel

Furrowing the Soil With His Pen: Derek Walcott's Topography of the English Countryside / Joanna Johnson Johnson, Joanna

Global Positioning from Spain: Mapping Identity in African American Narratives of Travel / Maria C. Ramos Ramos, Maria C.

The Space of Transgression: A Geocritical Study of Albert Camus's "The Adulterous Wife" / Brigitte La Juez Juez, Brigitte La

Affective Mapping in Lyric Poetry / Heather Yeung Yeung, Heather.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230120808

0230120806

OCLC:

709407833