Literature and Geography
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A discussion of place in literature, which draws on cultural geography anda which particularly focuses on novels by Amitav Ghosh and R.K. Narayan.
Geography and poetry: objects, symbols and the endless territoriality of Terminal Realism. In an academic conference held at the University of «Roma 3» on December 5/2019, the poetic movement known as «Terminal Realism» meets Social... more
This paper examines how the advent of the mobile/locative paradigm redefines the role of the body (embodiment) in the cultural processes of Digital Media, extending the notion of storytelling from a simple author–text–user relationship,... more
The first English book on contemporary Italian writer Claudio Magris, this study examines the connections between space and individual, national and European identity in his works. Magris invites us to cross the borders that enclose... more
Resumen. Las urbanizaciones cerradas son un modelo habitacional idealizado que se disemina por las ciudades capitalistas contemporáneas. Como tal, han sido objeto de análisis de múltiples investigaciones sociales y de algunas... more
This paper aims at describing two powerful tools that Tolkien used to strengthen his representation of Middle-earth and make it as close as possible to reality: maps and landscapes. Both are used as instruments that transform the epic and... more
Critics of PALE FIRE have long characterized Zembla as an ingenious manifestation of Nabokov’s resolutely solitary, exquisitely imbalanced, and rigorously self-marginalized artistic imagination, galvanizing psychological desperation with... more