EAN: 9783631611654

ISLANDS AND CITIES IN MEDIEVAL MYTH LITERATURE ...

The 'spatial turn' in recent discussions about the relevance of 'space' and 'place' in medieval
literature inspired the editors to transcend the boundaries of Europe and extend their
investigation to Pre-Columbian America and the Far East. The results are surprising. Since
cultures across the world associated both islands and walled cities with notions of paradise 
the investigations reveal striking commonalities  e.g.  between Dante's Island of the
Purgatorio and the island of Japan. In addition  several contributions outline visitor's
reactions to and influence on medieval cities with similar results (Kyoto  Paris  Nuremberg).
Thus the combination of interspatial approaches opens up unusual perspectives on bounded space
(whether by walls or by water) in world literatures and history.

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