{"product_id":"premodern-places-isbn-9781405151528","title":"Premodern Places","description":"This book recovers places appearing in the mental mapping of medieval and Renaissance writers, from Chaucer to Aphra Behn. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA highly original work, which recovers the places that figure powerfully in premodern imagining.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRecreates places that appear in the works of Langland, Chaucer, Dante, Petrarch, Spenser, Shakespeare, Aphra Behn, and many others.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBegins with Calais – peopled by the English from 1347 to 1558 and ends with Surinam – traded for Manhattan by the English in 1667.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOther particular locations discussed include Flanders, Somerset, Genoa, and the Fortunate Islands (Canary Islands).\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes fascinating anecdotes, such as the story of an English merchant learning love songs in Calais.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides insights into major historical narratives, such as race and slavery in Renaissance Europe.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCrosses the traditional divide between the medieval and Renaissance periods.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  List of illustrations. \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. At Calais Gate.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. In Flaunders.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Dante in Somerset.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Genoa.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Canaries (The Fortunate Islands).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Surinam.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e  “David Wallace’s knowledge of European medieval literature is unequalled. His book is a cornucopia of illuminating details, insights and connections that are simply not to be found anywhere else.” \u003ci\u003eTerry Jones\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“My Cinderella prize for the year’s most underrated book goes to David Wallace, whose \u003ci\u003ePremodern\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ePlaces\u003c\/i\u003e mixes romance and bizarrerie in a study of medieval and Renaissance ideas about geography and locality.” \u003ci\u003eJonathan Keates\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Spectator 'Book of the Year' feature, 2004\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“This is one of the sharpest and most imaginative books of literary criticism I've read in many years.” \u003ci\u003ePeter Hulme\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eUniversity of Essex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Offering illuminating genealogies for a range of authors and literary texts, \u003ci\u003ePremodern Places\u003c\/i\u003e radically questions many assumptions about historical as well as geographic boundaries. … this book asks both premodernists and postcolonialists to rethink their disciplines and make urgent connections across space and time.” \u003ci\u003eAnia Loomba\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eUniversity of Pennsylvania\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“… a most brilliant representative of Postcolonial Medieval Studies.” \u003ci\u003eJosé Rabasa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eUniversity of California\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eDavid Wallace\u003c\/b\u003e is Judith Rodin Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania and Life Member of Clare Hall, Cambridge. He has traveled extensively, exploring the importance of \u003ci\u003eplace\u003c\/i\u003e both for print and documentary radio.  This book recovers places in the mental mapping of medieval and Renaissance writers, from Chaucer to Aphra Behn. Beginning with Calais, peopled by the English from 1347 to 1558, and ending with Surinam, traded away for Manhattan in 1667, this well-illustrated book recreates the distinctive cultural life of a range of locations: from Flanders which led the world in technological innovations; to Somerset, which provided a fitting home for Dante; to the Canaries (the Fortunate Islands), which formed the limits of western dreaming.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book’s exploration of premodern places features fascinating vignettes, such as an English merchant learning love songs in Calais, coupled with insights into broader economic narratives of political, technological, religious, and economic change. In particular, it provides long geneaologies of blackness and whiteness, race and slavery, in the premodern world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989841527013,"sku":"NP9781405151528","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405151528.jpg?v=1761785647","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/premodern-places-isbn-9781405151528","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}