Use of imaginary, historical, and actual maps in literature : how British and Irish authors created imaginary worlds to tell their stories (Defoe, Swift, Wordsworth, Kipling, Joyce, Tolkien, etc.) /
In this text, the author highlights unrecorded discoveries about how maps and literature are associated. Not only do maps give us a tool by which to understand a physical reality as it actually exists, but maps can support the realm of literary fiction - such as Tolkien's Middle Earth, or Steve...
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| Language: | English |
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Lewiston :
Edwin Mellen,
2013.
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Table of Contents:
- THE USE OF IMAGINARY, HISTORICAL, AND ACTUAL MAPS IN LITERATURE: How British and Irish Authors Created Imaginary Worlds to Tell Their Stories (Defoe, Swift, Wordsworth, Kipling, Joyce, Tolkien, ect.); Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part One
- Maps of Discovery: Bringing Home Distant Lands; List of Maps; Chapter One
- Stories of Discovering the World; Chapter Two
- Mapping Fictions of Discovery; Chapter Three
- Making Maps for the Literary Traveller; Chapter Four
- Quest Maps and Stories of the Unknown: Light and Darkness
- Part Two
- Maps Specially Made for Literary ContextsChapter Five
- Emery Walker: The Arts and Craft Map Maker; Chapter Six
- Authors as Map Makers Stevenson, Belloc, Kipling, Ransome, Tolkien; Chapter Seven
- Posthumous Mapping; Chapter Eight
- Map Makers as Literary Protagonists; Part Three
- Coordinates of Meaning: As Places Change, So Do Maps, Others Adapt; Chapter Nine
- Mapping the Identity of Ireland; Chapter Ten
- Mapping Literary Urban Space; Chapter Eleven
- Reading Into the Map: Cartographic Poetics; Chapter Twelve
- Conclusion: New Directions to be Constructed
- A Guide for Further ReadingMaps; Index
