Spatiality

Divided into six chapters, each dealing with different aspects of the spatial in literary studies, the book provides:_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ An overview of the spatial turn in literary theory – from modern philosophy and historicism to cartography and literary theory_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ Introductions to the major theorists such as Michel Foucault, David Harvey, Edward Soja, Erich Auerbach, Georg Lukács, and Mikhail Bakhtin_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ An analysis of spatiality from a variety of perspectives – the writer as map-maker, different literary and critical ‘spaces’, the concept of literary geography, cartographics and geocriticism._x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ As the first guide to the literature and criticism of ‘space’, this clear and engaging book is essential reading.