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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lewiston :
Edwin Mellen,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource |
| ISBN: | 9780773444287 0773444289 |