Some stories couldn't happen just anywhere. As is the case with all great literature, the setting, scenery and landscapes are as central to the tale as any character, and just as easily recognised. Literary Landscapes delves deep into the geography, location and terrain of our best-loved literary works and looks at how setting and environmental attributes influence story telling, character and our emotional response as readers.
It brings together more than 50 literary worlds and examines how their setting is intrinsic to the stories than unfold within their borders. Follow Leopold Bloom's footsteps around Dublin in James Joyce's Ulysses. Hear the music of Mississippi River steamboats that set the score for Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn. Experience the rugged bleakness of Newfoundland in Annie Proulx's The Shipping News or the soft Neapolitan breezes in Elena Ferrante's My Brilliant Friend.
Beautifully illustrated with hundreds of full-colour maps, archival material, photographs and illustrations, the landscapes are vividly brought to life, evoking all the sights and sounds of the original works. Literary Landscapes will transport you to fiction's greatest lands and allow you to connect to the story and the author's intent in a whole new way.
Author: John Sutherland General Editor
Publisher: Modern Books
Date Published: 2018
Edition:
Hardback, 256 pages
Condition: New
Isbn13: 9781911130772