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Author:

Tally, Robert T.

Title:

Spatiality / Robert T. Tally Jr.

Publisher:

Routledge,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

x, 171 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Literature, Modern--History and criticism.
Space perception in literature.
Geocriticism.
Place (Philosophy) in literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary:

Spatiality has risen to become a key concept in literary and cultural studies, with critical focus on the 'spatial turn' presenting a new approach to the traditional literary analyses of time and history. Robert T. Tally Jr. explores differing aspects of the spatial in literary studies today, providing: An overview of the spatial turn across literary theory, from historicism and postmodernism to postcolonialism and globalization. Introductions to the major theorists of spatiality, including Michel Foucault, David Harvey, Edward Soja, Erich Auerbach, Georg Luk©Łcs, and Fredric Jameson. Analysis of critical perspectives on spatiality, such as the writer as map-maker, literature of the city and urban space, and the concepts of literary geography, cartographics and geocriticism. This clear and engaging study presents readers with a thought provoking and illuminating guide to the literature and criticism of 'space'

Series:

The new critical idiom.

ISBN:

0203082885 (ebook)
9780203082881 (ebook)
0415664403 (pbk.)
9780415664400 (pbk.)
041566439X (hardback)
9780415664394 (hardback)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)783168972

LCCN:

2012017742

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)