Geographia Literaria - Studies in Earth, Ethics, and Literature

This collection explores how literature negotiates with the semasiological or psycho-geographical principle of geopoetics, sensing the fundamental ideas of earth and the earth-thought. It seeks to perceive how we poetically exist with the earth, how our body and psyche are integral parts of the earth-thought, and how literature deals with the concepts of space and place. It aims to conceive an eclectic infusion of art and earth to ensure that the world of art remains in touch with the earth of the world.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 302 pages
Publication date: 02 December 2022
Publisher: ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon

This collection aims to engage with and respond to the fundamental semasiological or psycho-geographical principle of geopoetics that underpins diverse and sometimes conflicting schools of thought. By sensing the core ideas of Earth and Earth-thought, the volume seeks to negotiate with and react to this underlying principle of geopoetics that cuts across various disciplines. Through a reading of geopoetical texts, an understanding of Earth in Humboldt and Marx-Engels, a consideration of topolitics in Tintin, reef-thinking, geopoet(h)ics, and Asiabodh, the volume endeavors to perceive how we poetically exist with Earth.

Isn't literature, taking a cue from Hölderlin, a symptom of the way man lives poetically on Earth? How are our bodies and psyches integral parts of Earth-thought? How does literature deal with the concepts of space and place? How does literature enable us to comprehend the underlying principle of geopoetics—the principle of finding art in Earth? These are some of the critical questions that this volume seeks to explore.

Literature exemplifies a geographical consciousness—an intimate and subjective experience of Earth. This book is an attempt to conceive this eclectic fusion of art and Earth, ensuring that the world of art always remains in touch with the Earth of the world. Through this book, let us unearth this deep-rooted spatiality and geographicality in literature. Let us imitate Earth through art, as this is the only place where we can live.

Weight: 666g
ISBN-13: 9783838215808