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Literary Geography: An Encyclopedia of Real and Imagined Settings

Literary Geography: An Encyclopedia of Real and Imagined Settings

Houston, Lynn

Hardcover

Literary CriticismGeneral SociologyTeaching Instruction

ISBN10: 144084254X
ISBN13: 9781440842542
Publisher: Greenwood
Published: Aug 2 2019
Pages: 408
Weight: 2.05
Height: 1.20 Width: 7.00 Depth: 10.10
Language: English

This reference investigates the role of landscape in popular works and in doing so explores the time in which they were written.

Literary Geography: An Encyclopedia of Real and Imagined Settings is an authoritative guide for students, teachers, and avid readers who seek to understand the importance of setting in interpreting works of literature, including poetry. By examining how authors and poets shaped their literary landscapes in such works as The Great Gatsby and Nineteen Eighty-Four, readers will discover historical, political, and cultural context hidden within the words of their favorite reads.

The alphabetically arranged entries provide easy access to analysis of some of the most well-known and frequently assigned pieces of literature and poetry. Entries begin with a brief introduction to the featured piece of literature and then answer the questions: How is literary landscape used to shape the story?; How is the literary landscape imbued with the geographical, political, cultural, and historical context of the author's contemporary world, whether purposeful or not?

Pop-up boxes provide quotes about literary landscapes throughout the book, and an appendix takes a brief look at the places writers congregated and that inspired them. A comprehensive scholarly bibliography of secondary sources pertaining to mapping, physical and cultural geography, ecocriticism, and the role of nature in literature rounds out the work.

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