Literary geographies in Balzac and Proust /
Conroy, Melanie,author.
Literary geography is one of the core aspects of the study of the novel, in both 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. The 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--back cover.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [73]-76).
1. Introduction: Literary Maps -- 2. Balzac's Map of the World -- 3. Proust's Imagined Map -- 4. Conclusion; Realist versus Post-realist Literary Geographies -- References -- Sources and Methods.
Literary geography is one of the core aspects of the study of the novel, in both 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. The 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--back cover.
Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850
Proust, Marcel, 1871-1922
Space and time in literature.