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In this text, the author highlights unrecorded discoveries about how maps and literature are associated. Not only do maps give us a tool by which to understand a physical reality as it actually exists, but maps can support the realm of literary fiction - such as Tolkien's Middle Earth, or Stevenson's Treasure Island. There are also maps that try to catch a certain historical moment like an urban space at a particular time period, or a rural environment. While maps had historically guided travel, in literature they provide an escape mechanism that transports the audience to an unfamiliar place.

Literature, Modern -- 19th century -- History and criticism. --- Literature, Modern -- 20th century -- History and criticism. --- Modernism (Literature). --- English literature --- Geography in literature --- Maps in literature --- English --- Languages & Literatures --- English Literature --- Topography in literature --- History and criticism