Literary Geographies Narrative Space in Let the Great World Spin

Combining literary analysis with a practical introduction to interdisciplinary literary geography, Literary Geograp hie s examines key elements of Colum McCann's 2009 novel, Let the Great World Spi n . Hones examines concepts such as narrative space, lite

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Literary Geographies

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Narrative Space in Let the Great World Spin

Sheila Hones

10.1057/9781137413130 - Literary Geographies, Sheila Hones

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Literary Geographies

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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: 978-1-137-41312-3 Library of Congress Cataloging-­in-­Publication Data Hones, Sheila. Literary geographies : narrative space in Let the great world spin / Sheila Hones. pages cm ISBN 978-­1-­137-­41312-­3 (hardback : alk. paper) 1. McCann, Colum, 1965–­Let the great world spin. 2. Space and time in literature. 3. Narration (Rhetoric) 4. Intertextuality. I. Title. PR6063.C335Z69 2014 823'.914—­dc23

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Acknowledgments vii  1 Introduction

1

  2 The Event of the Novel

19

  3 Narrative Locations

35

 4 The Great World’s New York

51

  5 Narrative Space

69

 6 Distances

85

  7 The Intertextual City

101

  8 Literary Space

115

  9 Geographies of Creation and Promotion

129

10 Geographies of Reception