| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 193 pages). |
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text file |
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The spatial humanities
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Spatial humanities (Indiana University Press)
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| Summary |
"What is our place in the world, and how do we inhabit, understand, and represent this place to others? Topophrenia gathers essays by Robert Tally that explore the relationship between space, place, and mapping, on the one hand, and literary criticism, history, and theory on the other. The book provides an introduction to spatial literary studies, exploring in detail the theory and practice of geocriticism, literary cartography, and the spatial humanities more generally. The spatial anxiety of disorientation and the need to know one's location, even if only subconsciously, is a deeply felt and shared human experience. Building on Yi Fu Tuan's "topophilia" (or love of place), Tally instead considers the notion of "topophrenia" as a simultaneous sense of place-consciousness coupled with a feeling of disorder, anxiety, and "dis-ease." He argues that no effective geography could be complete without also incorporating an awareness of the lonely, loathsome, or frightening spaces that condition our understanding of that space. Tally considers the tension between the objective ordering of a space and the subjective ways in which narrative worlds are constructed. Narrative maps present a way of understanding that seems realistic but is completely figurative. So how can these maps be used to not only understand the real world but also to put up an alternative vision of what that world might otherwise be? From Tolkien to Cervantes, Borges to More, Topophrenia provides a clear and compelling explanation of how geocriticism, the spatial humanities, and literary cartography help us to narrate, represent, and understand our place in a constantly changing world"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: the cartographic imperative -- Place in geocritical theory and practice -- Topophrenia -- Introducing geocriticism -- Geocritical situations -- Spatial representation in narrative -- The mise-en-abyme of literary cartography -- The space of the novel -- Theatrum geographicum -- Fantasy and the spatial imagination -- Adventures in literary cartography -- In the suburbs of amaurotum -- Beyond the flaming walls of the world -- Conclusion: a map of the pyrenees. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Space and time in literature.
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Space and time in literature. |
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Geographical perception in literature.
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Geographical perception in literature. |
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Space perception in literature.
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Space perception in literature. |
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Geography and literature.
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Geography and literature. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Tally, Robert T., Jr. Topophrenia. Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2018] 9780253037701 (DLC) 2018046711 |
| ISBN |
9780253037695 electronic book |
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0253037697 electronic book |
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9780253037688 electronic book |
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0253037689 electronic book |
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9780253037701 hardcover alkaline paper |
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0253037700 hardcover alkaline paper |
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