
Of Spaces and Ideas
The Novels of Jim Crace and Simon Mawer
Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic (Publisher)
Published on 19. August 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
264 pages
978-80-246-5807-0 (ISBN)
Description
Explores how physical space is represented and affects the work of two British novelists.
Of Spaces and Ideas provides a deeper insight into the work of two contemporary British novelists, Jim Crace and Simon Mawer, with a particular emphasis on spatial sensibility as one of the defining elements of their poetics. Drawing on a range of literary-theoretical approaches to space, the study analyzes selected novels by the two writers to demonstrate the ways in which they render space and place and, above all, the ways in which their spatial representations allow them to express the key ideas behind their stories, namely those of identity, history, and the relationship between an individual and the environment in which they live.
Of Spaces and Ideas provides a deeper insight into the work of two contemporary British novelists, Jim Crace and Simon Mawer, with a particular emphasis on spatial sensibility as one of the defining elements of their poetics. Drawing on a range of literary-theoretical approaches to space, the study analyzes selected novels by the two writers to demonstrate the ways in which they render space and place and, above all, the ways in which their spatial representations allow them to express the key ideas behind their stories, namely those of identity, history, and the relationship between an individual and the environment in which they live.
Reviews / Votes
"A valuable contribution to the scholarship on contemporary British fiction." * Bozena Kucala, Jagiellonian University in Krakow * "This is a due contribution to the work of Jim Crace and Simon Mawer that proves particularly receptive to the contemporary spatial focus in critical studies. The analyzed texts are presented both as novels and as works of ideas; they do not belong to a specific genre but reveal an interdisciplinary creative approach." * Sidia Fiorato, University of Verona *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Ovocny
Czech Republic
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 142 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
336 gr
ISBN-13
978-80-246-5807-0 (9788024658070)
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Persons
Petr Chalupsky is associate professor and head of the Department of English Language and Literature at Charles University's Faculty of Education. Tereza Topolovska is assistant professor at the Department of English Language and Literature at Charles University's Faculty of Education.
Content
0.1 The Roma of Kapisova 13