{"product_id":"premodern-places-9781405151528","title":"Premodern Places","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book recovers places appearing in the mental mapping of medieval and Renaissance writers, from Chaucer to Aphra Behn. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style:\" none\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA highly original work, which recovers the places that figure powerfully in premodern imagining.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRecreates places that appear in the works of Langland, Chaucer, Dante, Petrarch, Spenser, Shakespeare, Aphra Behn, and many others.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBegins with Calais  peopled by the English from 1347 to 1558 and ends with Surinam  traded for Manhattan by the English in 1667.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOther particular locations discussed include Flanders, Somerset, Genoa, and the Fortunate Islands (Canary Islands).\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes fascinating anecdotes, such as the story of an English merchant learning love songs in Calais.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides insights into major historical narratives, such as race and slavery in Renaissance Europe.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCrosses the traditional divide between the medi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“David Wallace’s knowledge of European medieval literature is unequalled. His book is a cornucopia of illuminating details, insights and connections that are simply not to be found anywhere else.” \u003ci\u003eTerry Jones\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“My Cinderella prize for the year’s most underrated book goes to David Wallace, whose \u003ci\u003ePremodern\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ePlaces\u003c\/i\u003e mixes romance and bizarrerie in a study of medieval and Renaissance ideas about geography and locality.” \u003ci\u003eJonathan Keates\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Spectator 'Book of the Year' feature, 2004\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“This is one of the sharpest and most imaginative books of literary criticism I've read in many years.” \u003ci\u003ePeter Hulme\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eUniversity of Essex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Offering illuminating genealogies for a range of authors and literary texts, \u003ci\u003ePremodern Places\u003c\/i\u003e radically questions many assumptions about historical as well as geographic boundaries. … this book asks both premodernists and postcolonialists to rethink their disciplines and make urgent connections across space and time.” \u003ci\u003eAnia Loomba\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eUniversity of Pennsylvania\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“… a most brilliant representative of Postcolonial Medieval Studies.” \u003ci\u003eJosé Rabasa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eUniversity of California\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of illustrations. \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. At Calais Gate.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. In Flaunders.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Dante in Somerset.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Genoa.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Canaries (The Fortunate Islands).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Surinam.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407884984663,"sku":"9781405151528","price":35.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405151528.jpg?v=1730500848","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/premodern-places-9781405151528","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}