Literary Geographies: Narrative Space in Let The Great World Spin

by S. Hones

Overview

Combining literary analysis with a practical introduction to interdisciplinary literary geography, Literary Geograp hie s examines key elements of Colum McCann's 2009 novel, Let the Great World Spi n . Hones examines concepts such as narrative space, literary and academic collaboration, and the geographies of creation, production, and reception.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349489817
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	12/18/2015
Edition description:	1st ed. 2014
Pages:	215
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Sheila Hones is Professor at The University of Tokyo, Japan.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1. The Event of the Novel 2. Narrative Locations 3. The Great World's New York 4. Narrative Space 5. Distances 6. The Intertextual City 7. Literary Space 8. Geographies of Creation and Promotion 9. Geographies of Reception Conclusion: What Happens Next?

Editorial Reviews

Sheila Hones’s Literary Geographies is a book that will benefit both literary critics interested in spatiality and cultural geographers interested in literature. … Exploring a wide range of topics that literary geography can deal with, Literary Geographies can be read as an attractive introduction to this interdisciplinary field.” (Hiroyuki Inoue, Pacific and America Studies, Vol. 16, March, 2016)

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