The Routledge Handbook of Literary Geographies
About this ebook
Written by leading and emerging scholars from around the world, the 38 chapters are organised into six themed sections, which consider: differing critical methodologies; keywords and concepts; literary geography in the light of literary history; a variety of places, spaces, and landforms; the significance of literary forms and genres; and the role of literary geographies beyond the academy. Presenting the work of scholars from different disciplinary backgrounds, each section offers readers new angles from which to view the convergence of literary creativity and geographical thought. Collectively, the contributors also address some of the major issues of our time including the climate emergency, movement and migration, and the politics of place.
Literary geography is a dynamic interdisciplinary field dedicated to exploring the complex relationships between geography and literature. This cutting-edge collection will be an essential resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students in both Geography and Literary Studies, and scholars interested in the evolving interface between the two disciplines.
About the author
Neal Alexander is Senior Lecturer in Twentieth-century Literature at Aberystwyth University (UK). His publications include Late Modernism and the Poetics of Place (2022), Poetry and Geography: Space and Place in Post-War Poetry (co-edited with David Cooper; 2013) and Regional Modernisms (co-edited with James Moran; 2013).
David Cooper is Senior Lecturer in English at Manchester Metropolitan University (UK) and the founding Co-Director of the Centre for Place Writing. His many critical and creative publications on literary geographies include Literary Mapping in the Digital Age (with Christopher Donaldson and Patricia Murrieta-Flores; 2016) and the pamphlet, The Duddon Estuary: The Myriad Lines of its Relations (2021).
