Literature, Mapping, and the Politics of Space in Early Modern Britain

Literature, Mapping, and the Politics of Space in Early Modern Britain
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 298
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ISBN-10 : 0521803772
ISBN-13 : 9780521803779
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Book Synopsis Literature, Mapping, and the Politics of Space in Early Modern Britain by : Andrew Gordon

Download or read book Literature, Mapping, and the Politics of Space in Early Modern Britain written by Andrew Gordon and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2001-08-16 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this timely collection, an international team of Renaissance scholars analyzes the material practice behind the concept of mapping, a particular cognitive mode of gaining control over the world. Ranging widely across visual and textual artifacts implicated in the culture of mapping, from the literature of Shakespeare, Spenser, Marlowe and Jonson, to representations of body, city, nation and empire, Literature, Mapping, and the Politics of Space in Early Modern Britian argues for a thorough reevaluation of the impact of cartography on the shaping of social and political identities in early modern Britain.


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