The writer's map : an atlas of imaginary lands / edited by Huw Lewis-Jones.
Lewis-Jones, Huw, editor.
2018
PN56.I44 W758 2018b (Mapit)
Available at General Collection

Items

Details

Title The writer's map : an atlas of imaginary lands / edited by Huw Lewis-Jones.
ISBN 9780500519509 (hardcover)
0500519501 (hardcover)
Published London : Thames & Hudson, 2018.
Language English
Description 256 pages : illustrations, maps ; 31 cm
Call Number PN56.I44 W758 2018b
Dewey Decimal Classification 526
Summary Maps have the power to transport us, filled as they are with wonder and possibility. Here, internationally acclaimed writers and illustrators share their personal insights, encompassing not only the maps that appear in their books, but also the maps that have inspired them and the sketches they create in writing. Philip Pullman recounts a map he drew for an early novel; Robert Macfarlane reflects on his cartophilia, set off by 'Treasure Island'; Daniel Reeve describes working on 'The Hobbit' films; Miraphora Mina recalls creating 'The Marauder's Map' for 'Harry Potter'; David Mitchell leads us to the Mappa Mundi by way of 'Cloud Atlas'. And there's much more besides. Amidst a cornucopia of beautiful images, including unpublished sketches by authors, there are maps of the world as envisaged in medieval times, maps from classics of literature and cherished stories, as well as maps of adventure, sci-fi and fantasy, from Atlantis to Westeros, Narnia and Utopia, from Mercator to Tolkien.
Note Maps have the power to transport us, filled as they are with wonder and possibility. Here, internationally acclaimed writers and illustrators share their personal insights, encompassing not only the maps that appear in their books, but also the maps that have inspired them and the sketches they create in writing. Philip Pullman recounts a map he drew for an early novel; Robert Macfarlane reflects on his cartophilia, set off by 'Treasure Island'; Daniel Reeve describes working on 'The Hobbit' films; Miraphora Mina recalls creating 'The Marauder's Map' for 'Harry Potter'; David Mitchell leads us to the Mappa Mundi by way of 'Cloud Atlas'. And there's much more besides. Amidst a cornucopia of beautiful images, including unpublished sketches by authors, there are maps of the world as envisaged in medieval times, maps from classics of literature and cherished stories, as well as maps of adventure, sci-fi and fantasy, from Atlantis to Westeros, Narnia and Utopia, from Mercator to Tolkien.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-252) and index.
Added Author Lewis-Jones, Huw, editor.
Record Appears in On-Campus Resources > Books
All Resources
Prologue: A plausible possible : Razkavia realized / Philip Pullman
Part one: Make believe. The little things : mapping memories / Huw Lewis-Jones ; In fabled lands : literary geographies / Huw Lewis-Jones and Brian Sibley
Part two: Writing maps. First steps : Our Neverlands / Cressida Cowell ; Off the grid : treasured islands / Robert MacFarlane ; Those who wander : Moominvalley and beyond / Frances Hardinge ; Rebuilding Asgard : a Viking worldview / Joanne Harris ; Imaginary cartography : Mordor to Mappa Mundi / David Mitchell
To know the dark : with Scott and Kircher / Kiran Millwood Hargrave ; The wild beyond : walking in the woods / Piers Torday ; Real in my head : adventures on Castle Key / Helen Moss
Beyond the blue door : routes through Narnia / Abi Elphinstone
Part three: Creating maps. Mischief managed : the Marauder's map / Miraphora Mina ; Uncharted territory : a middle-earth mapmaker / Daniel Reeve ; Connecting contours : Carta Marina and more / Reif Larsen ; A wild Farrago : far-off fantasies / Russ Nicholson ; The cycle of stories : Early Earth and Faerie / Isabel Greenberg ; No Boy Scout : with swallows and Amazons / Roland Chambers ; Symbols and signs: on Crusoe and others / Coralie Bickford-Smith ; Half thoughts : Clangers and Noggin / Peter Firmin
Part four: Reading maps. Foreign fantasy : Dungeons and dragons / Lev Grossman ; By a woman's hand : Cartographically curious / Sandi Toksvig ; Landscape of the body : Interior journeys / Brian Selznick ; Exploring unknowns : Terra Incognita / Huw Lewis-Jones
Envoi. Never forget : the beauty of books / Chris Riddell.

Browse Subjects

Show more subjects...

Statistics

from
to
Export