{"product_id":"novels-maps-modernity-eric-bulson-9780415800532","title":"Novels, Maps, Modernity: The Spatial Imagination, 1850-2000","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eNovels, Maps, Modernity\u003c\/em\u003e is a remarkable book that promises to transform our knowledge of the representation of space in modern fiction.\" - Brian Richardson, University of Maryland\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Bulson's informative book maps out the territory and points the way to further research and discovery.\" - Ian Pindar, Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNovels, Maps, Modernity\u003c\/em\u003e argues that cartographic devices-including maps, sea charts, and aerial photographs-have radically shaped how novelistic space has been imagined and represented from the midnineteenth century to the end of the twentieth. More than an antidote to disorientation, Eric Bulson demonstrates that they conceal a more complex story about capitalism, urbanization, empire, and world war. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGuiding readers through the \"cartographic encounters\" of Melville, Joyce, Pynchon and the long tradition of literary mapping, Bulson provides an original and thoughtful argument about space and the modern novel.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this volume, Bulson examines: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- the development of novelistic space from realism to postmodernism\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- the \"reality effect\" of mapping and signposting within novels\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- the juxtaposition of map and text\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- the rise of literary maps and guidebooks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eric Bulson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415800536\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415800532\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.24h x 6.49w x 0.44d","brand":"Eric Bulson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43946607673599,"sku":"9780415800532","price":56.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_0e5d277e-d2cb-46c4-bac3-cc8f4cc12599.jpg?v=1681514105","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/novels-maps-modernity-eric-bulson-9780415800532","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}