Literature and Cartography: Theories, Histories, Genres

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Anders Engberg-Pedersen (Associate Professor of Comparative Literature, University of Southern Denmark) Jean-Marc Besse (Senior Researcher, National Center for Scientific Research)

Literature and Cartography

Theories, Histories, Genres

Anders Engberg-Pedersen (Associate Professor of Comparative Literature, University of Southern Denmark), Jean-Marc Besse (Senior Researcher, National Center for Scientific Research), Bruno Bosteels (Professor, Cornell University) , Patrick M. Bray (Assistant Professor, Ohio State University)

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MIT Press
24 November 2017

Fiction companions; Impact of science & technology on society; Cartography, map-making & projections

Series: Literature and Cartography

The relationship of texts and maps, and the mappability of literature, examined from Homer to Houellebecq.

Literary authors have frequently called on elements of cartography to ground fictional space, to visualize sites, and to help readers get their bearings in the imaginative world of the text. Today, the convergence of digital mapping and globalization has spurred a cartographic turn in literature. This book gathers leading scholars to consider the relationship of literature and cartography. Generously illustrated with full-color maps and visualizations, it offers the first systematic overview of an emerging approach to the study of literature. The literary map is not merely an illustrative guide but represents a set of relations and tensions that raise questions about representation, fiction, and space. Is literature even mappable? In exploring the cartographic components of literature, the contributors have not only brought literary theory to bear on the map but have also enriched the vocabulary and perspectives of literary studies with cartographic terms. After establishing the theoretical and methodological terrain, they trace important developments in the history of literary cartography, considering topics that include Homer and Joyce, Goethe and the representation of nature, and African cartographies. Finally, they consider cartographic genres that reveal the broader connections between texts and maps, discussing literary map genres in American literature and the coexistence of image and text in early maps. When cartographic aspirations outstripped factual knowledge, mapmakers turned to textual fictions. Contributors Jean-Marc Besse, Bruno Bosteels, Patrick M. Bray, Martin Br ckner, Tom Conley, J rg D nne, Anders Engberg-Pedersen, John K. Noyes, Ricardo Padr n, Barbara Piatti, Simone Pinet, Clara Rowland, Oliver Simons, Robert Stockhammer, Dominic Thomas, Burkhardt Wolf

Contributions by: Jean-Marc Besse (Senior Researcher National Center for Scientific Research), Bruno Bosteels (Professor, Cornell University), Patrick M. Bray (Assistant Professor, Ohio State University), Martin Bruckner (Professor, University of Delaware)
Edited by: Anders Engberg-Pedersen (Associate Professor of Comparative Literature University of Southern Denmark)
Imprint: MIT Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 178mm, Spine: 27mm
ISBN: 9780262036740
ISBN 10: 0262036746
Series: Literature and Cartography
Pages: 480
Publication Date: 24 November 2017
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Anders Engberg-Pedersen is Associate Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Southern Denmark and the author of Empire of Chance- The Napoleonic Wars and the Disorder of Things. Anders Engberg-Pedersen is Associate Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Southern Denmark and the author of Empire of Chance- The Napoleonic Wars and the Disorder of Things.

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