The Routledge Handbook of Literary Geographies edited by Neal Alexander and David Cooper was published in August 2024 and features a chapter by Dr Penny Bradshaw, Associate Professor of English Literature and theme lead for Cultural Landscapes here at University of Cumbria's Centre for National Parks & Protected Areas.
The essay collection provides a comprehensive overview of recent research and a range of innovative ways of thinking about literature and geography together. It maps the history of literary geography and identifies key developments and debates in this field.
Dr Bradshaw’s chapter explores ‘Romantic literary geographies’ and focuses on the literary context of the Lake District to explore the ways in which geographical contexts come to inform literature in the Romantic period and help to shape constructions of literary identity.
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