Premodern Places: Calais to Surinam, Chaucer to Aphra BehnISBN: 978-1-4051-5152-8
Paperback
352 pages
May 2006, Wiley-Blackwell
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This book recovers places appearing in the mental mapping of
medieval and Renaissance writers, from Chaucer to Aphra Behn.
- A highly original work, which recovers the places that figure
powerfully in premodern imagining.
- Recreates places that appear in the works of Langland, Chaucer,
Dante, Petrarch, Spenser, Shakespeare, Aphra Behn, and many
others.
- Begins with Calais – peopled by the English from 1347 to
1558 and ends with Surinam – traded for Manhattan by the
English in 1667.
- Other particular locations discussed include Flanders,
Somerset, Genoa, and the Fortunate Islands (Canary Islands).
- Includes fascinating anecdotes, such as the story of an English
merchant learning love songs in Calais.
- Provides insights into major historical narratives, such as
race and slavery in Renaissance Europe.
- Crosses the traditional divide between the medieval and Renaissance periods.