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Article: Exploring the world in Highbury.(AGM 2007: Vancouver)(Highbury, England)(Essay)

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January 1, 2007
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An atlas of the novel. Behind these words, lies a very simple idea: that geography is not an inert container, is not a box where cultural history "happens," but an active force that pervades the literary field and shapes it in depth. Making the connection between geography and literature explicit, then--mapping it: because a map is precisely that, a connection made visible--will allow us to see some significant relationships that have so far escaped us.

--Franco Moretti

1814 (January): Austen begins Emma

1814 (March): Austen in London reviews proofs of Mansfield Park

1814 (April): Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba

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