Literature, Mapping and the Politics of Space in Early Modern Britain, Hardco...

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ISBN: 9780521803779 Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Technology & Engineering width: 6 in Item Length: 9 in Book Title: Literature, Mapping and the Politics of Space in Early Modern Bri height: 0.8 in Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication Name: Literature, Mapping, and the Politics of Space in Early Modern Britain Subject: Cartography, Subjects & Themes / Politics, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Language: English Item Width: 6 in Format: Hardcover Item Weight: 21.2 Oz Number of Pages: 292 Pages Item Height: 0.8 in Publication Year: 2001 Type: Textbook Author: Bernhard Klein

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Literature, Mapping and the Politics of Space in Early Modern Britain, Hardco.... Literature, Mapping and the Politics of Space in Early Modern Britain, Hardcover by Gordon, Andrew (EDT); Klein, Bernhard (EDT), ISBN 0521803772, ISBN-13 9780521803779, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US This collection analyzes the material practice behind the concept of mapping, a particular cognitive mode of gaining control over the world. Ranging widely across visual and textual artifacts implicated in the culture of mapping, from the literature of Shakespeare, Spenser, Marlowe and Jonson, to representations of body, city, nation and empire, it argues for a thorough reevaluation of the impact of cartography on the shaping of social and political identities in early modern Britain. Literature, Mapping and the Politics of Space in Early Modern Britain, Hardcover by Gordon, Andrew (EDT); Klein, Bernhard (EDT), ISBN 0521803772, ISBN-13 9780521803779, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US This collection analyzes the material practice behind the concept of mapping, a particular cognitive mode of gaining control over the world. Ranging widely across visual and textual artifacts implicated in the culture of mapping, from the literature of Shakespeare, Spenser, Marlowe and Jonson, to representations of body, city, nation and empire, it argues for a thorough reevaluation of the impact of cartography on the shaping of social and political identities in early modern Britain.