San Antonio College Library

In this set focusing on the "use of place in individual literary works," "place" is defined as any physical location appearing in a work of literature, either real or imaginary. Types of places range from the broad to the particular: examples include countries (Spain), cities and towns (Grover's Corners), neighborhoods (Upper East Side), buildings (Wicker Bar), or individual rooms (Chairman's bedroom).

A comprehensive guide to the places associated with classic British detective fiction. Based on interviews and extensive research, it will be required reading for crime addicts everywhere.

Provides detailed information about local history and customs for all fifty states and Canada, for the purpose of instructing authors how to write works of fiction that include accurate and appropriate local references.

"Hardy's Geography reconsiders a familiar element in Hardy's novels: their use of place and, specifically, of Dorset. Hardy said his Wessex was a 'partly real, partly dream-country'. This study examines how reality and dream interact in his work. Should we look for a real place corresponding to Casterbridge? What is the relation between one person's feelings for a place and society's view of it. He author concludes that Hardy addresses these issues...

"Byron and Place merges two influential areas of literary criticism of recent years (geography and history) under the notion of the 'geo-historical' - places where historically significant events occurred. Stephen Cheeke examines the way in which the notion of being there becomes the central claim and shaping force in Byron's poetry up to 1818, and investigates Byron's self-imposed exile in Italy and the gradual process of translation and acculturation...