Literature, mapping, and the politics of space in early modern Britain: [... conference organised by the editors at Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London, in July 1997 under the title "Paper landscapes: maps, texts, and the construction of space, 1500 - 1700"]

Absorption and representation: mapping England in the early modern House of Commons / Oliver Arnold -- A map of greater Cambria / Philip Schwyzer -- Britannia rules the waves?: images of empire in Elizabethan England / Lesley B. Cormack -- Performing London: the map and the city in ceremony / Andrew...

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Contributors: Gordon, Andrew 1952- (Editor) ; Klein, Bernhard 1963- (Other)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge, U.K New York Cambridge University Press 2001
In:Year: 2001
Reviews:[Rezension von: Gordon, Andrew, Literature, Mapping and the Politics of Space in Early Modern Britain] (2003) (Almasy, Rudolph P.)
Edition:1. publ.
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B English language / Literature / Cartography (Motif) / History 1500-1700
B England / Cartography / Social identity / Political identity
B Politics
Further subjects:B Maps in literature
B Cartography Great Britain History 17th century
B Collection of essays
B Cartography Great Britain History 16th century
B English literature Early modern, 1500-1700 History and criticism
B Geography in literature
B Space and time in literature
B Politics and literature Great Britain History 17th century
B Cartography (Great Britain) History 16th century
B Politics and literature (Great Britain) History 16th century
B Politics and literature (Great Britain) History 17th century
B Cartography (Great Britain) History 17th century
B Politics and literature Great Britain History 16th century
B English literature Early modern, 1500-1700 History and criticism
B Conference program
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Summary:Absorption and representation: mapping England in the early modern House of Commons / Oliver Arnold -- A map of greater Cambria / Philip Schwyzer -- Britannia rules the waves?: images of empire in Elizabethan England / Lesley B. Cormack -- Performing London: the map and the city in ceremony / Andrew Gordon -- Visible bodies: cartography and anatomy / Caterina Albano -- The scene of cartography in King Lear / John Gillies -- Unlawful presences: the politics of military space and the problem of women in Tamburlaine / Nina Taunton -- Marginal waters: Pericles and the idea of jurisdiction / Bradin Cormack -- 'On the Famous Voyage': Ben Jonson and civic space / Andrew McRae -- Imaginary journeys: Spenser, Drayton, and the poetics of national space / Bernhard Klein -- Do real knights need maps? Charting moral, geographical and representational uncertainty Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queen / Joanne Woolway Grenfell -- The folly of maps and modernity / Richard Helgerson
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (S. 263 - 269) and index
ISBN:0521803772