UID:
almafu_9961252495202883
Format:
1 online resource (409 pages) :
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illustrations
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
979-84-00-68001-4
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979-82-16-11216-7
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1-4408-4255-8
Content:
〈b〉This reference investigates the role of landscape in popular works and in doing so explores the time in which they were written.〈/b〉 〈i〉Literary Geography: An Encyclopedia of Real and Imagined Settings〈/i〉 is an authoritative guide for students, teachers, and avid readers who seek to understand the importance of setting in interpreting works of literature, including poetry. By examining how authors and poets shaped their literary landscapes in such works as 〈i〉The Great Gatsby〈/i〉 and 〈i〉Nineteen Eighty-Four〈/i〉, readers will discover historical, political, and cultural context hidden within the words of their favorite reads. The alphabetically arranged entries provide easy access to analysis of some of the most well-known and frequently assigned pieces of literature and poetry. Entries begin with a brief introduction to the featured piece of literature and then answer the questions: "How is literary landscape used to shape the story?"; "How is the literary landscape imbued with the geographical, political, cultural, and historical context of the author's contemporary world, whether purposeful or not?" Pop-up boxes provide quotes about literary landscapes throughout the book, and an appendix takes a brief look at the places writers congregated and that inspired them. A comprehensive scholarly bibliography of secondary sources pertaining to mapping, physical and cultural geography, ecocriticism, and the role of nature in literature rounds out the work.
Note:
Acknowledgments Introduction Place in Poetry Place in Prose A-Z Entries 〈i〉Absalom, Absalom!〈/i〉 〈i〉Adventures of Huckleberry Finn〈/i〉 〈i〉Adventures of Sherlock Holmes〈/i〉 〈i〉All Quiet on the Western Front〈/i〉 〈i〉All the Pretty Horses〈/i〉 〈i〉Almanac of the Dead〈/i〉 〈i〉Antigone〈/i〉 Anzaldúa, Gloria Arthurian Tales 〈i〉As I Lay Dying〈/i〉 〈i〉Awakening, The〈/i〉 〈i〉Beloved〈/i〉 Berry, Wendell 〈i〉Billy Budd〈/i〉 Bishop, Elizabeth 〈i〉Bless Me, Ultima〈/i〉 〈i〉Book Thief, The〈/i〉 〈i〉Brave New World〈/i〉 〈i〉Brideshead Revisited〈/i〉 〈i〉Call of the Wild, The〈/i〉 〈i〉Catcher in the Rye, The〈/i〉 〈i〉Ceremony〈/i〉 〈i〉Crime and Punishment〈/i〉 〈i〉Crucible, The〈/i〉 〈i〉Daisy Miller〈/i〉 〈i〉Death of a Salesman〈/i〉 Dickinson, Emily 〈i〉Dispatches〈/i〉 〈i〉Dracula〈/i〉 〈i〉Ender's Game〈/i〉 〈i〉Enemy of the People, An〈/i〉 〈i〉Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close〈/i〉 "Fall of the House of Usher, The" 〈i〉Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas〈/i〉 〈i〉Frankenstein〈/i〉 Frost, Robert 〈i〉Glass Menagerie, The〈/i〉 〈i〉Grapes of Wrath, The〈/i〉 〈i〉Great Expectations〈/i〉 〈i〉Great Gatsby, The〈/i〉 〈i〉Gulliver's Travels〈/i〉 〈i〉Hamlet〈/i〉 〈i〉Handmaid's Tale, The〈/i〉 〈i〉Harry Potter〈/i〉 Series, The Hass, Robert Heaney, Seamus 〈i〉Heart of Darkness〈/i〉 〈i〉Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The〈/i〉 〈i〉House on Mango Street, The〈/i〉 Hughes, Langston Hugo, Richard 〈i〉Hunger Games, The〈/i〉 Irving, Washington 〈i〉Jane Eyre〈/i〉 〈i〉Jungle, The〈/i〉 〈i〉King Lear〈/i〉 〈i〉Kite Runner, The〈/i〉 〈i〉Last of the Mohicans, The〈/i〉 〈i〉Long Day's Journey into Night〈/i〉 〈i〉Lord of the Flies〈/i〉 〈i〉Lord of the Rings〈/i〉 〈i〉Macbeth〈/i〉 "Metamorphosis, The" 〈i〉Midsummer Night's Dream, A〈/i〉 〈i〉Moby Dick〈/i〉 〈i〉My Àntonia〈/i〉 〈i〉Nineteen Eighty-Four〈/i〉 〈i〉No Country for Old Men〈/i〉 〈i〉Odyssey, The〈/i〉 〈i〉Oedipus Rex〈/i〉 〈i〉Of Mice and Men〈/i〉 〈i〉Old Man and the Sea, The〈/i〉 Oliver, Mary 〈i〉Oliver Twist〈/i〉 〈i〉On the Road〈/i〉 〈i〉One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest〈/i〉 〈i〉One Hundred Years of Solitude〈/i〉 〈i〉Plague, The〈/i〉 Poe, Edgar Allan 〈i〉Poisonwood Bible, The〈/i〉 〈i〉Pride and Prejudice〈/i〉 〈i〉Raisin in the Sun, A〈/i〉 〈i〉Red Badge of Courage, The〈/i〉 〈i〉Robinson Crusoe〈/i〉 〈i〉Romeo and Juliet〈/i〉 〈i〉Scarlet Letter, The〈/i〉 〈i〉Slaughterhouse-Five〈/i〉 Snyder, Gary 〈i〉Sound and the Fury, The〈/i〉 Stevens, Wallace 〈i〉Streetcar Named Desire, A〈/i〉 〈i〉Sula〈/i〉 〈i〉Sun Also Rises, The〈/i〉 〈i〉Their Eyes Were Watching God〈/i〉 〈i〉Things They Carried, The〈/i〉 〈i〉To Kill a Mockingbird〈/i〉 〈i〉Uncle Tom's Cabin〈/i〉 〈i〉Waiting for Godot〈/i〉 Walcott, Derek Whitman, Walt Williams, William Carlos 〈i〉Wizard of Oz, The〈/i〉 Wordsworth, William 〈i〉Wuthering Heights〈/i〉 "Yellow Wallpaper, The" Appendix: Literary Landscapes and Capital Cities Bibliography About the Editor and Contributors Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-4408-4254-X
Language:
English
DOI:
10.5040/9798400680014
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