TY - BOOK ID - 16938289 TI - Shakespeare and the geography of difference PY - 1994 VL - 4 SN - 0521458536 0521417198 9780521458535 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Cartography KW - Geography KW - Geography in literature. KW - Maps in literature. KW - History KW - Maps in literature KW - Géographie dans la littérature KW - Cartes dans la littérature KW - Géographie dans la littérature KW - Cartes dans la littérature KW - Geography in literature KW - Cartographie KW - Géographie KW - Histoire KW - Shakespeare, William, KW - Knowledge KW - Geography. KW - Connaissances KW - English literature KW - History of civilization KW - Shakespeare, William KW - Cartography - History - 16th century. KW - Cartography - History - 17th century. KW - Geography - History - 16th century. KW - Geography - History - 17th century. KW - Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) KW - Voyage KW - Géographie KW - Exotisme KW - Et la géographie KW - Dans la littérature KW - 17e siècle UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:16938289 AB - In this engaging book, John Gillies explores Shakespeare's geographic imagination, and discovers an intimate relationship between Renaissance geography and theatre, arising from their shared dependence on the opposing impulses of taboo-laden closure and hubristic expansiveness. Dr Gillies shows that Shakespeare's images of the exotic, the 'barbarous, outlandish or strange', are grounded in concrete historical fact: to be marginalised was not just a matter of social status, but of belonging, quite literally, to the margins of contemporary maps. Through an examination of the icons and emblems of contemporary cartography, Dr Gillies challenges the map-makers' overt intentions, and the attitudes and assumptions that remained below the level of consciousness. His study of map and metaphor raises profound questions about the nature of a map, and of the connections between the semiology of a map and that of the theatre. ER -