Against the map : the politics of geography in eighteenth-century Britain / Adam Sills.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sills, Adam, 1969- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--18th century--History and criticism.

English literature.

Geography in literature.

Cartography in literature.

Space in literature.

Neighborhoods in literature.

National characteristics, English, in literature.

Cartography--Great Britain--History--18th century.

Cartography.

History.

Great Britain.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

xiv, 302 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2021.

Summary:

"This book investigates the complex and often conflicted relationship between heterogeneous modes of representing space in eighteenth-century Britain"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. John Bunyan, Neighborhood, and the Geography of Dissent

2. Aphra Behn and the Colonial Scene

3. Surveying Ireland and Swift's "Country of the Mind"

4. Daniel Defoe and the Limits to the Market

5. This Old House and Samuel Johnsons Scotland.

Notes:

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral) - University of Buffalo, 2001.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Sills, Adam, 1969- Against the map

ISBN:

9780813945989

0813945984

9780813945996

0813945992

OCLC:

1245579215