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A groundbreaking study exploring the use of metaphors and images of place in literature. Drawing comparisons over a wide range of works, principally American and British literature of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Lutwack illustrates how writers have charged different environments with symbolic and psychological meaning.

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For its magisterial scope and referential breadth, Lutwack’s book is essential for anyone interested in the interrelationships of place and literary value. Lutwack has made a notable scholarly contribution with his book. The Role of Place in Literature has a place in literary studies. Will be of interest to geographers as well as to all readers who share a sensitivity to the rich rhetoric of place and a concern for the future of the earth.

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      Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
      Publication Date: 5/30/1984 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780815623052, 978-0815623052
      ISBN10: 0815623054
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A groundbreaking study exploring the use of metaphors and images of place in literature. Drawing comparisons over a wide range of works, principally American and British literature of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Lutwack illustrates how writers have charged different environments with symbolic and psychological meaning.

      Trade Review
      For its magisterial scope and referential breadth, Lutwack’s book is essential for anyone interested in the interrelationships of place and literary value. Lutwack has made a notable scholarly contribution with his book. The Role of Place in Literature has a place in literary studies. Will be of interest to geographers as well as to all readers who share a sensitivity to the rich rhetoric of place and a concern for the future of the earth.

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