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Against the Map : The Politics of Geography in Eighteenth-Century Britain.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sills, Adam.
- 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.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (319 pages)
- Other Title:
- Against the Map
- 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:
- John Bunyan, Neighborhood, and the Geography of Dissent
- Aphra Behn and the Colonial Scene
- Surveying Ireland and Swift's "Country of the Mind"
- Daniel Defoe and the Limits to the Market
- This Old House and Samuel Johnson's Scotland
- Conclusion: The Neighborhood Revisited.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9780813946009
- 081394600X
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