Literary Cartographies Spatiality, Representation, and Narrative

Exploring narrative mapping in a wide range of literary works, ranging from medieval romance to postmodern science fiction, this volume argues for the significance of spatiality in comparative literary studies. Contributors demonstrate how a variety of na

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ert T. Tally Jr.

Fredric Jameson: The Project of Dialectical Criticism Poe and the Subversion of American Literature: Satire, Fantasy, Critique Spatiality Utopia in the Age of Globalization: Space, Representation, and the World-System Geocritical Explorations: Space, Place, and Mapping in Literary and Cultural Studies (editor) Kurt Vonnegut and the American Novel: A Postmodern Iconography Kurt Vonnegut: Critical Insights (editor) Melville, Mapping, and Globalization: Literary Cartography in the American Baroque Writer

Literary Cartographies Spatiality, Representation, and Narrative

Ed i t e d b y Robert T. Tally Jr.

LITERARY CARTOGRAPHIES

Copyright © Robert T. Tally Jr., 2014. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2015 978-1-137-45649-6 All rights reserved. First published in 2014 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States—a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the World, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries.

ISBN 978-1-349-68752-7 ISBN 978-1-137-44937-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137449375 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Literary cartographies : spatiality, representation, and narrative / edited by Robert T. Tally Jr. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Place (Philosophy) in literature. 2. Space perception in literature. 3. Narration (Rhetoric) 4. Geography and literature. I. Tally, Robert T., editor. PN56.P49L58 2014 809 .93358—dc23 2014013059 A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Integra Software Services First edition: September 2014 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

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Acknowledgments

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Introduction: Mapping Narratives Robert T. Tally Jr.

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1 What Lies Between?: Thinking Through Medieval Narrative Spatiality Robert Allen Rouse

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2 Plotting One’s Position in Don Quijote: Literature and the Process of Cognitive Mapping Jeanette E. Goddard

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3 “Eyes That Have Dwelt on the Past”: Reading the Landscape of Memory in The Mill on the Floss Alice Tsay

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4 Mapping Hardy and Brontë Susan E. Cook

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5 “She Sought a Spiritual Heir”: Cosmopolitanism and the Pre-Suburban in Howards End Heather McNaugher

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6 The Space of Russia in Joseph Conrad’s Under Western Eyes John G. Peters

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7 “History, Mystery, Leisure, Pleasure”: Evelyn Waugh, Bruno Latour, and the Ocean Liner Shawna Ross

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8 To the South England, to the West Eternity: Mapping Boundlessness in Modern Scottish Fiction Jenny Pyke

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