Maps and the Writing of Space in Early Modern England and Ireland

Klein, Dr Bernhard

ISBN 10: 0333779339 / ISBN 13: 9780333779330

Published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2001

About this Item

This study traces the impact of cartography on the changing cultural meanings of space. It examines the construction of social and political space in maps, cosmography and geography, historical and political writing, and in the literary works of Marlowe, Shakespeare, Spenser and Drayton. Num Pages: 264 pages, 25 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBR; 2AB; 3JB; DSBD; DSG; JFCX; RGV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 485. . 2001. Hardcover. . . . .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Maps and the Writing of Space in Early Modern England and Ireland
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0333779339
• ISBN 13: 9780333779330
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Maps make the world visible, but they also obscure, distort, idealize. This wide-ranging study traces the impact of cartography on the changing cultural meanings of space, offering a fresh analysis of the mental and material mapping of early modern England and Ireland. Combining cartographic history with critical cultural studies and literary analysis, it examines the construction of social and political space in maps, in cosmography and geography, in historical and political writing, and in the literary works of Marlowe, Shakespeare, Spenser and Drayton.

About the Author

BERNHARD KLEIN is Lecturer in English and Cultural Studies at the University of Dortmund. He is editor (with Andrew Gordon) of Paper Landscapes, Literature, Mapping, and the Politics of Space in Early Modern Britain.