Maps and memory in early modern England : a sense of place
Dealing with the relationship between the places of England and depictions of places in maps and literature, "Maps and Memory" focuses on increasingly local terrain to show how understanding contemporary maps is useful to understanding literary works of the time.
XIV, 225 p. ill. 22 cm
9780312294557, 0312294557
1014875208
Maps and Their Representation in Early Modern English Literature Introduction: i Conventions of Mapping: Centres, Peripheries, and Orientations ii Theoretical and Critical Background iii The Early Modern Map in England iv Overview of Chapters 2-5 Marriage Pageants and Ceremonial Maps: The Marriage of the Thames and the Medway Maps, Figures, and Figurative Maps: Feminine Geography Landscape, Labour, and Legitimacy Cityscapes and City Scrapes Epilogue Exhibits Notes Bibliography