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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
Rhonda Lemke Sanford |
ISBN: | 0312294557 9780312294557 |
OCLC Number: | 1014875208 |
Description: | XIV, 225 p. ill. 22 cm |
Contents: | 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 |
Series Title: | Early modern cultural studies |
Responsibility: | Rhonda Lemke Sanford. |
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'Overall I found Maps and Memory stimulating and rewarding reading, and will certainly be adding it to reading lists...It provides a wealth of fresh insight on canonical texts associated with geography, and broadens the range in their cartographic-cultural context, in particular extending the reach of work to date on gender and geography.' - Jess Edwards, Early Modern Literary Studies 'Sanford's overall achievement here lies in underlining the importance of the spatial paradigm to contemporary literature and culture, and in signalling the need for close investigation of its consequences.' - Society of Cartographers Read more...

