Screen LibraryThe written world : space, literature, and the chorological imagination in early modern France /
"In The Written World: Space, Literature, and the Chorological Imagination in Early Modern France, Jeffrey N. Peters argues that geographic space may be understood as a foundational, originating principle of literary creation. By way of an innovative reading of chora, a concept developed by Pla...
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Northwestern University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Evanston, Illinois : |
| Publication Dates: | 2018. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Rethinking the Early Modern
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"In The Written World: Space, Literature, and the Chorological Imagination in Early Modern France, Jeffrey N. Peters argues that geographic space may be understood as a foundational, originating principle of literary creation. By way of an innovative reading of chora, a concept developed by Plato in the Timaeus and often construed by philosophical tradition as "space," Peters shows that canonical literary works of the French seventeenth century are guided by what he calls a "chorological" approach to artistic invention. The chorological imagination describes the poetic as a cosmological even |
| Carrier Form: | xii, 260 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780810136984 0810136988 9780810136977 081013697X |
| Index Number: | PQ245 |
| CLC: | I565.063 |
| Call Number: | I565.063/P482 |