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Even before Harold Bloom designated Blood Meridian as the Great
American Novel, Cormac McCarthy had attracted unprecedented
attention as a novelist who is both serious and successful, a rare
combination in recent American fiction. Critics have been quick to
address McCarthy's indebtedness to southern literature,
Christianity, and existential thought, but the essays in this
collection are among the first to tackle such issues as gender and
race in McCarthy's work. The rich complexity of the novels leaves
room for a wide variety of interpretation. Some of the contributors
see racist attitudes in McCarthy's views of Mexico, whereas others
praise his depiction of U.S.-Mexican border culture and contact.
Several of the essays approach McCarthy's work from the perspective
of ecocriticism, focusing on his representations of the natural
world and the relationships that his characters forge with their
geographical environments. And by exploring the author's use of and
attitudes toward language, some of the contributors examine
McCarthy's complex and innovative storytelling techniques.
Mapping Medieval Geographies explores the ways in which
geographical knowledge, ideas and traditions were formed in Europe
during the Middle Ages. Leading scholars reveal the connections
between Islamic, Christian, Biblical and Classical geographical
traditions from Antiquity to the later Middle Ages and Renaissance.
The book is divided into two parts: Part I focuses on the notion of
geographical tradition and charts the evolution of celestial and
earthly geography in terms of its intellectual, visual and textual
representations; whilst Part II explores geographical imaginations;
that is to say, those 'imagined geographies' that came into being
as a result of everyday spatial and spiritual experience. Bringing
together approaches from art, literary studies, intellectual
history and historical geography, this pioneering volume will be
essential reading for scholars concerned with visual and textual
modes of geographical representation and transmission, as well as
the spaces and places of knowledge creation and consumption.
Mapping Medieval Geographies explores the ways in which
geographical knowledge, ideas and traditions were formed in Europe
during the Middle Ages. Leading scholars reveal the connections
between Islamic, Christian, Biblical and Classical geographical
traditions from Antiquity to the later Middle Ages and Renaissance.
The book is divided into two parts: Part I focuses on the notion of
geographical tradition and charts the evolution of celestial and
earthly geography in terms of its intellectual, visual and textual
representations; whilst Part II explores geographical imaginations;
that is to say, those 'imagined geographies' that came into being
as a result of everyday spatial and spiritual experience. Bringing
together approaches from art, literary studies, intellectual
history and historical geography, this pioneering volume will be
essential reading for scholars concerned with visual and textual
modes of geographical representation and transmission, as well as
the spaces and places of knowledge creation and consumption.
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