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geography and literature  

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  • The study of literature from a geographical perspective takes as its premise the recognition that questions of space, place, and spatiality are constitutive of, rather than merely supplementary to, the kinds of meaning, significance, and communication that literature produces. This idea exceeds the simple recognition that literary narratives (poems, novels, myths, etc.) unfold at particular locations. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geography; Literature, Geography and]

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