Maps and Memory in Early Modern England: A Sense of Place

1. Auflage 2002
ISBN: 978-1-349-63514-6
Verlag: PALGRAVE MACMILLAN LTD

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Book, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm

Reihe: Early Modern Cultural Studies 1500–1700

Dealing with the relationship between the places of England and depictions of places in maps and literature, "Maps and Memory" focuses on increasingly local terrain to show how understanding contemporary maps is useful to understanding literary works of the time.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sanford, R.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Maps and Their Representation in Early Modern English Literature Introduction: i Conventions of Mapping: Centres, Peripheries, and Orientations ii Theoretical and Critical Background iii The Early Modern Map in England iv Overview of Chapters 2-5 Marriage Pageants and Ceremonial Maps: The Marriage of the Thames and the Medway Maps, Figures, and Figurative Maps: Feminine Geography Landscape, Labour, and Legitimacy Cityscapes and City Scrapes Epilogue Exhibits Notes Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

RHONDA LEMKE SANFORD is Assistant Professor of English at Fairmont State College. She has published on Shakespeare's Cymbeline and on Internet web resources for early maps.