{"product_id":"topophrenia-9780253037701","title":"Topophrenia","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Tally writes tersely and elegantly of the \u003ci\u003eOdyssey, The Divine Comedy, \u003c\/i\u003eof\u003ci\u003e Moby-Dick \u003c\/i\u003e(notably 'The Chart' sequence), \u003ci\u003eUlysses, \u003c\/i\u003eTolkein's 'middle worlds,' and, soon after, Thomas More and of the relation of utopia to fantasy and science fiction. If space belongs to the form and purpose of the novel, it also applies to \u003ci\u003eTopophrenia\u003c\/i\u003e in general. ... Ambitious in scope, the strength of \u003ci\u003eTopophrenia\u003c\/i\u003e is found in how it makes its case.\"—Peta Mitchell, author (with Jane Stadler and Stephen Carleton) of \u003ci\u003eImagined Landscapes: Geovisualizing Australian Spatial Narratives\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"With \u003ci\u003eTopophrenia \u003c\/i\u003eRobert Tally discerns, first, how literature invents and produces space, and second, what the creative imagination does with space. These become the ground of a critical praxis addressing the conditions of the world in which we live. Blending close analysis with dialectics, Tally's book is a compelling study of the complex relations of literature and geography.\"—Tom Conley, author of \u003ci\u003eAn Errant Eye: Poetry and Topography in Early Modern France\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Cartographic Imperative\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart I: Place in Geocritical Theory and Practice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Topophrenia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Introducing Geocriticism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Geocritical Situations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart II: Spatial Representation in Narrative\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. The \u003ci\u003eMise-en-Abyme\u003c\/i\u003e of Literary Cartography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. The Space of the Novel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. \u003ci\u003eTheatrum Geographicum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePart III: Fantasy and the Spatial Imagination\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e7. Adventures in Literary Cartography\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e8. In the Suburbs of Amaurotum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e9. Beyond the Flaming Walls of the World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eConclusion: A Map of the Pyrenees\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBibliography\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400582340951,"sku":"9780253037701","price":52.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780253037701.jpg?v=1730471037","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/topophrenia-9780253037701","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}