Places in novels: theory

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Write an essay on the visual and auditory perceptions of places in novels: discuss the article 'Space and Emotions'  in the Georgian Cities website (Topics/Culture and the Arts/ Literature) on Jane Austen; for Moll Flanders and for Humphry Clinker, refer to the articles in BSEEA XVII-XVIII (1997).

You may also use the recordings of the 'Georgians Online' conference  (2014) as a point of comparison.

Find other references, giving your sources and conceptual framework in the field of literary geography and 'spatial humanities'.

Skills:

• literary essay writing: discussion of theories in literary criticism
• grounding in present-day literary theories involving the notion of space