The relationship of texts and maps, and the mappability of
literature, examined from Homer to Houellebecq. Literary authors
have frequently called on elements of cartography to ground
fictional space, to visualize sites, and to help readers get their
bearings in the imaginative world of the text. Today, the
convergence of digital mapping and globalization has spurred a
cartographic turn in literature. This book gathers leading scholars
to consider the relationship of literature and cartography.
Generously illustrated with full-color maps and visualizations, it
offers the first systematic overview of an emerging approach to the
study of literature. The literary map is not merely an illustrative
guide but represents a set of relations and tensions that raise
questions about representation, fiction, and space. Is literature
even mappable? In exploring the cartographic components of
literature, the contributors have not only brought literary theory
to bear on the map but have also enriched the vocabulary and
perspectives of literary studies with cartographic terms. After
establishing the theoretical and methodological terrain, they trace
important developments in the history of literary cartography,
considering topics that include Homer and Joyce, Goethe and the
representation of nature, and African cartographies. Finally, they
consider cartographic genres that reveal the broader connections
between texts and maps, discussing literary map genres in American
literature and the coexistence of image and text in early maps.
When cartographic aspirations outstripped factual knowledge,
mapmakers turned to textual fictions. Contributors Jean-Marc Besse,
Bruno Bosteels, Patrick M. Bray, Martin Bruckner, Tom Conley, Joerg
Dunne, Anders Engberg-Pedersen, John K. Noyes, Ricardo Padron,
Barbara Piatti, Simone Pinet, Clara Rowland, Oliver Simons, Robert
Stockhammer, Dominic Thomas, Burkhardt Wolf
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