Lines of Geography in Latin American Narrative - National Territory, National Literature (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)

This book looks to the writings of prolific statesmen like D.F. Sarmiento, Estanislao Zeballos, and Euclides da Cunha to unearth the literary and political roots of the discipline of geography in nineteenth-century Latin America. Tracing the simultaneous rise of text-writing, map-making, and institution-building, it offers new insight into how nations consolidated their territories. Beginning with the titanic figures of Strabo and Humboldt, it rereads foundational works like Facundo and Os sertoes as examples of a recognizably geographical discourse. The book digs into lesser-studied bulletins, correspondence, and essays to tell the story of how three statesmen became literary stars while spearheading Latin America's first geographic institutes, which sought to delineate the newly independent states. Through a fresh pairing of literary analysis and institutional history, it reveals that words and maps-literature and geography-marched in lockstep to shape national territories, identities, and narratives.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Geocriticism and Spatial Literary Studies
Release date:	September 2017
First published:	2017
Authors:	Aarti Smith Madan
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	291
Edition:	1st ed. 2017
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-55139-5
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900
LSN:	3-319-55139-6
Barcode:	9783319551395

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