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Angels on the Edge of the World: Geography, Literature, and English Community, 1000-1534.

Publication: Yearbook of English Studies
Publication Date: 01-JAN-08
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Angels on the Edge of the World: Geography, Literature, and English Community, 1000-1534.(Book review)

Article Excerpt
Angels on the Edge of the World: Geography, Literature, and English Community, 1000-1534. By Kathy Lavezzo. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. 2006. xvi + 191 pp. 36.95 [pounds sterling]. isbn: 978-0-8014-4429-6.

This attractively produced book consists of an introduction and five chapters. In the introduction the author (of the University of Iowa) discusses maps and ideology, as shown, for example, by the British Empire's red-tinted cartography. Thereafter her subject is national identity in maps and writing from Bede to Skelton. The first chapter deals with early versions of Englishness, as in Gregory's encounter with English...

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