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Un atlas de la novela.
Detrás de este título, hay una idea sencilla: que la geografía es un aspecto decisivo en el desarrollo y la invención literaria. Algo que expondrá a la luz aspectos del campo literario que hasta ahora han permanecido ocultos.
Atlas of the European Novel 1800–1900
We must turn the limits of everyday space into an open field for play, experience and invention.
Estratega situacionista
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I sent in my manuscript, and the map along with it, to Messrs. Cassell. The proofs came, they were corrected, but I heard nothing of the map.
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While the painter must always keep a firm hold on the reins of space, [...] the storyteller can treat space without keeping to any of the rules that govern it, setting aside and even scorning geometry, perspective or the theory of gravitation.
Did the Duchess Sit on Don Quixote’s Right?
