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Matters Of Space, Spatiality, Geography, Topography And Place Have Mostly Remained Neglected In Modern Scholarship And Teaching Because In Most Modern And Postmodern Literary Criticism History And Temporality Have Been Dominating Discourses. But In Recent Criticism The When And What Of Literature Yield Place To Where As Michel Foucault Declared The Present Time As The Epoch Of Space. Literature Reflects A Spirit Of Place And A Sense Of Place Because Place Is Known And Given Meaning When It Is Felt And Closely Experienced By Human Beings Living In It. This Humanistic Geographical Emphasis On Human Experience Of Place Opens Up The Possibility Of An Interdisciplinary Study Of Literature Of Geography. Literature Creates And Recreates Geography In Its Own Way And There Are Many Ways Of Looking At Literary Representation Of Space And Place. The Book Is Meant To Offer A Good Introduction To Those Divergent Ways In Which Place, Place, Topography And Geography Evince Themselves In Literature-- Provided By Publisher.
This book investigates the intersection of literary studies and human geography, arguing that spatiality is a critical, yet often overlooked, dimension of literary analysis. The authors, Indranil Acharya and Ujjwal Kumar Panda, challenge the historical dominance of temporality in critical theory. By drawing on the concept of the 'epoch of space' popularized by Michel Foucault, they propose a framework for understanding how literature constructs, reflects, and gives meaning to the concept of place through human experience.
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Scholars and students of literary theory view this work as a useful introduction to the 'spatial turn' in humanities research. Experts highlight the book's utility in providing a foundational vocabulary for those looking to integrate geographical concepts into their literary analysis.
Page Count:
0
Publication Date:
2022-01-01
Publisher:
New York : Oxford University Press,
ISBN-10:
0191965189
ISBN-13:
9780191965180
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