Novels, Maps, Modernity by Eric Bulson

Novels, Maps, Modernity by Eric Bulson

This book examines how readers and novelists alike have used maps, guidebooks, and other geographical media to imagine and represent the space of the novel from the mid-nineteenth century to the present.

"Bulson has written a volume…that provides lucid and imaginative observations on the novelistic representation of place from the mid-nineteenth century works of Charles Dickens and Herman Melville to late twentieth-century fiction by Thomas Pynchon and WG. Sebald. Bulson’s point of departure is the seldom acknowledged importance that documents of geographical orientation—most notably maps and guide books—have played in the writing, reading, and criticism of fiction. As a work of literary criticism, Novels, Maps, Modernity is well researched, provocative, and highly readable. Not only does it offer fresh readings of three of the most widely studied novels in the Anglo-American canon, but it provides new ways of looking at any novelistic representation of geographical place." –Jon Hegglund, Washington State University, Modern Philology

Eric Bulson is Associate Professor of English at Claremont Graduate University, US.

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ISBN 13	9780415976480
ISBN 10	0415976480
Title	Novels, Maps, Modernity
Author	Eric Bulson
Series	Literary Criticism And Cultural Theory
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Routledge
Year published	2007-01-23
Number of pages	188
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