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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Main Author: Wyatt, John
Other Authors: Foster, Paul
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lewiston : Edwin Mellen, 2013.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary: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 Stevenson's Treasure Island. There are also maps that try to catch a certain historical moment like an urban space at a particular time period, or a rural environment. While maps had historically guided travel, in literature they provide an escape mechanism that transports the audience to an unfamiliar place.
Physical Description:1 online resource
ISBN:9780773444287
0773444289

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