The plausible world [electronic resource] : a geocritical approach to space, place, and maps / Bertrand Westphal ; translated by Amy D. Wells ; Robert T. Tally, foreword.
Westphal, Bertrand, author.; Wells, Amy D., 1974- translator.
2013
G70 .W471 2013eb
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Title The plausible world [electronic resource] : a geocritical approach to space, place, and maps / Bertrand Westphal ; translated by Amy D. Wells ; Robert T. Tally, foreword.
Author Westphal, Bertrand, author.
Edition First Edition.
ISBN 9781137364593 electronic book
9781137364586 hardcover
Published New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Copyright ©2013
Language English
Description 1 online resource (191 pages)
Call Number G70 .W471 2013eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 910/.01
Summary In "The Plausible World", the intersections of literature and cartography enable readers to understand that place is anything but purely geographic: a plausible world is created as a strategy to fill the void. Readers travel alongside navigators, pilgrims, literary characters, and artistic subjects as they experience the thrill of pure space through the exploration of the unknown. Here, political concerns such as the evolution in the orientation of maps, the establishment of meridians, and the naming of place in the image of the Colonizer all play out across the imagining of space and its shaping into place. Innovative in his approach, Westphal challenges the view that perceptions and representations of space are stable or straightforward.
Note Includes index.
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Source of Description Description based on print version record.
Added Author Wells, Amy D., 1974- translator.
Available in Other Form Plausible world.
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The multiplication of centers
The horizon line
The spatial urge
The invention of place
The measured mastery of the world.

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