Overview
- First book-length work to detail Ernest Hemingway’s sense of geography in its entirety
- Provides a valuable contribution to the discussion and increased interest in Hemingway and the natural world, as demonstrated at the most recent International Hemingway Society conference
- Contributes to the field of narratology through an investigation of the ways in which the success and complexity of Hemingway’s writing depends on uniquely literary constructions of geography.
Part of the book series: Geocriticism and Spatial Literary Studies (GSLS)
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This book draws on the tools of literary analysis and cultural geography to investigate Ernest Hemingway's sophisticated construction of physical environments. In doing so, Laura Gruber Godfrey revises conventional approaches to Hemingway’s literary landscapes and provides insight about his fictional characters and his readers alike.
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"A cultural geography of Hemingway's best-known work, Laura Godfrey's Hemingway's Geographies explores how the human and natural histories of places in his fiction permeate the memories and experiences of his characters and back again. With theoretical savvy, surprising insights drawn from several disciplines, and warm personal touches, Godfrey charts Hemingway's creation of place in the mind of the reader. If Hemingway is the principal poet of place in American literature, Godfrey is his most adept cartographer. A welcome and essential addition to the Hemingway bookshelf." - Susan F. Beegel, Editor Emerita, The Hemingway Review
"Laura Godfrey's book, while illuminating Hemingway's notion of place, becomes an indispensable broader consideration of Hemingway's entire career. This book is a nimble, affectionate, gracefully written investigation into Hemingway's sense of place, the geography that guided his art. Godfrey blends the erudition of a scholar with the infectious enthusiasm of a fan. It's a book to learn from; but better than that, it's a book to enjoy." - Mark Cirino, Associate Professor of English, University of Evansville, USA
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Book Title: Hemingway’s Geographies
Book Subtitle: Intimacy, Materiality, and Memory
Authors: Laura Gruber Godfrey
Series Title: Geocriticism and Spatial Literary Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-58175-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-59674-1Published: 01 July 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-95876-4Published: 09 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-58175-4Published: 30 June 2016
Series ISSN: 2578-9694
Series E-ISSN: 2634-5188
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 194
Topics: Twentieth-Century Literature, North American Literature, Literary Theory