TY - BOOK ID - 31222329 TI - Literature and cartography : theories, histories, genres PY - 2017 SN - 9780262036740 0262036746 9780262342247 0262342243 0262342251 PB - Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press, DB - UniCat KW - Cartography in literature KW - Maps in literature KW - Ethnology in literature KW - Cartography in literature. KW - Ethnology in literature. KW - Maps in literature. KW - 528.6 KW - Geodesy. Cartography KW - Literature KW - History as a science KW - History of civilization KW - HUMANITIES/Literature & Criticism KW - INFORMATION SCIENCE/General UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:31222329 AB - 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. ER -