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Series:   Elements in Digital Literary Studies

Literary Geographies in Balzac and Proust

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2021

Melanie Conroy
Melanie Conroy
Affiliation:
University of Memphis

Summary

Literary geography is one of the core aspects of the study of the novel, both in its realist and post-realist incarnations. Literary geography is not just about connecting place-names to locations on the map; literary geographers also explore how spaces interact in fictional worlds and the imaginary of physical space as seen through the lens of characters' perceptions. The tools of literary cartography and geographical analysis can be particularly useful in seeing how places relate to one another and how characters are associated with specific places. This Element explores the literary geographies of Balzac and Proust as exemplary of realist and post-realist traditions of place-making in novelistic spaces. The central concern of this Element is how literary cartography, or the mapping of place-names, can contribute to our understanding of place-making in the novel.
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Series: Elements in Digital Literary Studies
Online ISBN: 9781108992923
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication: 16 December 2021

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