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Geocriticism: Real and Fictional Spaces

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Although time traditionally dominated the perspectives of the humanities and social sciences, space has reasserted itself in the contexts of postmodernity, postcolonialism, and globalization. Today, a number of emerging critical discourses connect geography, architecture, and environmental studies, among others to literature, film, and the mimetic arts.  Bertrand Westphal’s  Geocriticism explores these diverse fields, examines various theories of space and place, and proposes a new critical practice suitable for understanding our spatial condition today.  Drawing on a wide array of theoretical and literary resources from around the globe and from antiquity to the present, Westphal argues for a geocritical approach to literary and cultural studies.  This volume is an indispensible touchstone for those interested in the interactions between literature and space.

205 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2007

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February 7, 2015
In the first half I thought it was a 4.5 text with a personal-interest rating of about 3, but it very much grew on me as I went and proves very useful for the student of literature interested in spatial theory. For me Westphal made more sense of Lefevbre's The Production of Space, essentialising it to the parts I would actually use and apply to my reading of spaces. On a purely aesthetic note, though it was a pricey book the binding seemed lovely.
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November 15, 2021
L'un des rares ouvrages théoriques magnifiques que j'aie jamais lu; qu'il faudrait lire avant sa mort!
Il tient sa richesse à la richesse de la culture littéraire de son auteur et de sa parfaite maîtrise des sciences humaines, des différentes littératures et différentes langues! "Westphal, un monstre de culture!" nous disait notre professeur quand j'étais en master!
Alors, je vois que je suis tout à fait d'accord avec lui! Je suis restée vraiment bouche bée devant cet ouvrage et son auteur, l'un des rares théoriciens qui ne pense pas uniquement à écrire quelque chose, mais aussi à répondre aux questions que la lecture de son ouvrage peut provoquer chez son lecteur: ainsi, il a répondu à presque toutes mes questions dans le paragraphe, la page ou bien les pages suivants! Westphal nous apprend à être patient dans nos réflexions et nos interprétations! Je ne peut que l'admirer sans cesse et relire son livre pour mieux le découvrir, pour mieux le comprendre.
à lire aussi "Le monde plausible" (2011), "La cage des méridiens" (2016) et "L'atlas des égarements" (2019). Une tétralogie extraordinaire!
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