Literary geographies in Balzac and Proust / Melanie Conroy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Conroy, Melanie, author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in digital literary studies, 2633-4399.

Cambridge elements. Elements in digital literary studies, 2633-4399

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Proust, Marcel, 1871-1922--Criticism and interpretation.

Proust, Marcel.

Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850--Criticism and interpretation.

Balzac, Honoré de.

Space and time in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (78 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

Summary:

Literary geography is one of the core aspects of the study of the novel, both in its realist and post-realist incarnations. Literary geography is not just about connecting place-names to locations on the map; literary geographers also explore how spaces interact in fictional worlds and the imaginary of physical space as seen through the lens of characters' perceptions. The tools of literary cartography and geographical analysis can be particularly useful in seeing how places relate to one another and how characters are associated with specific places. This Element explores the literary geographies of Balzac and Proust as exemplary of realist and post-realist traditions of place-making in novelistic spaces. The central concern of this Element is how literary cartography, or the mapping of place-names, can contribute to our understanding of place-making in the novel.

Contents:

Cover

Title page

Copyright page

Literary Geographies in Balzac and Proust

Contents

1 Introduction: Literary Maps

1.1 What Is Literary Geography?

1.2 Tools for Digital Literary Cartography

1.3 Characters, Places, and Time

2 Balzac's Map of the World

2.1 A Model of Realist Geography

2.2 A Global Novel

2.3 Balzac's Paris As a Hub

2.4 Balzac's Provinces and the Emerging French Nation

2.5 Time and Networks in The Human Comedy

2.5.1 Bubblelines and Line Graphs

2.5.2 Place and Character Networks

2.6 In the Shadow of the Empire

3 Proust's Imagined Map

3.1 Proust's Reimagined Places

3.2 A Model of Post-realist Geography

3.3 Alternative Maps: Words, Characters, Place, and Time

4 Conclusion: Realist versus Post-realist Literary Geographies

References

Sources and Methods

Data

Texts

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Figures

Acknowledgments.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 25 Nov 2021).

ISBN:

9781108998765

1108998763

9781108998963

1108998968

9781108992923

1108992927

OCLC:

1492998065