The self-made map : cartographic writing in early modern France / Tom Conley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Conley, Tom.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cartography--France--History--16th century.

Cartography.

Maps in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 372 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, Minn. : University of Minnesota Press, c1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this wide-ranging and fascinating work, Tom Conley demonstrates that ""a new cartographic impulse"" during the French Renaissance gave rise to a new sense of self, one defined in part by the relationship of self and space.

Contents:

Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Franco-Burgundian Backgrounds: Some Figural Relations with Space; 2. The Letter and the Grid: Geoffroy Tory; 3. Oronce Finé: A Well-Rounded Signature; 4. Words à la Carte: A Rabelaisian Map; 5. An Insular Moment: From Cosmography to Ethnography; 6. An Atlas Evolves: Maurice Bouguereau, Le théâtre françoys; 7. Montaigne: A Political Geography of the Self; 8. La Popelinière and Descartes: Signatures in Perspective; 9. Conclusion; Notes; Works Cited; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-8692-0

OCLC:

614485334