Gender and Literary Geography

The Element analyses of over 20,000 books published in Britain between 1800 and 2009 and compares the geographic attention of fiction authored by women and by men; of books that focus on female and male characters; and of works published in different eras. It reimagines literature's broader engagement with gender and geography.

List of contents

1. Introduction: gender and literary geography; 2. Gender and language through computation; 3. Measuring literary space; 4. Measuring spatial mobility; 5. Geographic intensity and specificity; 6. The gendering of public and private spaces; 7. Gender and the city; 8. Conclusions; References.

Summary

The Element analyses of over 20,000 books published in Britain between 1800 and 2009 and compares the geographic attention of fiction authored by women and by men; of books that focus on female and male characters; and of works published in different eras. It reimagines literature's broader engagement with gender and geography.

Foreword

20,000 books. 200 years. Worldwide range. An exploration of gender and literary space at unprecedented scale.

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth F. Evans, Elizabeth F. (Wayne State University) Wilke Evans, Evans Elizabeth F., Matthew Wilkens, Wilkens Matthew
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2025
• EAN: 9781009571661
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0957166-1
• No. of pages: 98
• Series: Elements in Digital Literary Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Gender studies, gender groups, Literary theory, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Human Geography, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: from c 2000