Literary Landscapes delves deep into the geography location and terrain of our best-loved
literary works and looks at how setting and environmental influences storytelling character
and our emotional response as readers. Fully illustrated with hundreds of full-color images
throughout. Some stories couldn't happen just anywhere. As is the case with all great
literature the setting scenery and landscape are as central to the tale as any character
and just as easily recognized. Literary Landscapes brings together more than 50 literary worlds
and examines how their description is intrinsic to the stories that unfold within their
borders. Follow Leopold Bloom's footsteps around Dublin. Hear the music of the Mississippi
River steamboats that set the score for Huckleberry Finn. Experience the rugged bleakness of
Newfoundland in Annie Proulx's The Shipping News or the soft Neapolitan breezes in My Brilliant
Friend. The landscapes of enduring fictional characters and literary legends are vividly
brought to life evoking all the sights and sounds of the original works. Literary Landscapes
will transport you to the fictions greatest lands and allow you to connect to the story and the
author's intent in a whole new way.
