The self-made map : cartographic writing in early modern France / Tom Conley
- Bib ID:
- 4475504
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Conley, Tom
- Description:
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- Minneapolis, Minn. : University of Minnesota Press, c1996
- xiii, 372 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 0816627002
- 9780816627004
- Summary:
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"The self-made map argues that during the Renaissance in France a "new cartographic impulse" affected both the "graphic and imaginary forms of literature." In this wide-ranging and fascinating work, Tom Conley demonstrates that as maps were plotted during this period, a new sense of self emerged, one defined in part by the relationship of the self to space."--BOOK JACKET. "Conley traces the explosion of interest in mapmaking that occurred with the discovery of the New World, and discusses the commensurate rise of what he defines as cartographic writing - writing that "holds, penetrates, delineates, and explores space." Considering the works of such writers as Rabelais, Montaigne, and Descartes, Conley provides a "navigation" through the printed page, revealing the emerging values of Renaissance France."--BOOK JACKET.
"Conley also exposes the ideological exercise inherent in mapmaking, arguing that Renaissance cartography is inseparably bound up with the politics of the era. He undertakes close readings of maps and illustrations, discussing the necessity of viewing Renaissance maps in the context of their typographic layout, graphic reproduction, and literary and ideological import."--BOOK JACKET.
- Full contents:
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- 1. Franco-Burgundian Backgrounds: Some Figural Relations with Space
- 2. The Letter and the Grid: Geoffroy Tory
- 3. Oronce Fine: A Well-Rounded Signature
- 4. Worlds a la Carte: A Rabelaisian Map
- 5. An Insular Moment: From Cosmography to Ethnography
- 6. An Atlas Evolves: Maurice Bouguereau, Le theatre francoys
- 7. Montaigne: A Political Geography of the Self
- 8. La Popeliniere and Descartes: Signatures in Perspective
- 9. Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-362) and index.
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
- 1996
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