Premodern Places

by David John Wallace and David Wallace

Book Overview

This book recovers places appearing in the mental mapping ofmedieval and Renaissance writers, from Chaucer to Aphra Behn.

A highly original work, which recovers the places that figurepowerfully in premodern imagining.
Recreates places that appear in the works of Langland, Chaucer, Dante, Petrarch, Spenser, Shakespeare, Aphra Behn, and manyothers.
Begins with Calais - peopled by the English from 1347 to1558 and ends with Surinam - traded...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1405113936
• ISBN13: 9781405113939
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.7" x 9.2"