Playing the globe

By Gillies, John, Virginia Mason Vaughan

Subjects: Space and time in literature, Renaissance, england, Influence étrangère, Ruimte (algemeen), Geografie, Geographical myths in literature, English drama, Early modern and Elizabethan, Foreign influences, Toneelstukken, Dans la littérature, Géographie, Geografische aspecten, Geographical discoveries in literature, Renaissance, English drama, history and criticism, early modern and elizabethan, 1500-1600, Espace et temps dans la littérature, Théâtre anglais, Literary form, Découvertes géographiques, History and criticism, English literature, foreign influences, Histoire et critique, Engels, Geography in literature, History, English drama, history and criticism, 17th century

Description: The essays collected here explore the representation of contemporary cartographic knowledge within a variety of English Renaissance dramatic texts. Including a preface and introduction that contextualize English cartographic awareness in the late sixteenth century, Playing the Globe provides a wide-ranging exploration of the rich variety of mental maps that shaped England's attitudes toward itself and others and continues to affect the ways in which the Anglo-American world imagines itself.