Georges Perec’s Geographies: Material, Performative and Textual Spaces - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1787354431 ISBN 13: 9781787354432

Publisher: UCL Press, 2020

Synopsis

Georges Perec (1936–1982) was one of the most inventive and original writers of the twentieth century. A fascinating aspect of his work as a novelist, filmmaker, and essayist is its intrinsically geographical nature. With many major projects on space and place, Perec’s writing speaks to a variety of geographical, urban, and architectural concerns—both in a substantive way, including a focus on cities, streets, and homes, and in a methodological way, as in his experiments with urban observation and exploration.

Georges Perec’s Geographies explores Perec’s geographical interests. The book is divided into two parts: Part I, “Perec’s Geographies,” explores space and place within Perec’s films, radio plays, and literature, from descriptions of actual streets to the fictional places within his work. Part II, “Perecquian Geographies,” explores geography in works directly inspired by Perec, including writing, photographs and photo essays, soundscapes, theater, and dance. Extending Perecquian criticism beyond literary and French studies to disciplines including geography, urban studies, and architecture, Georges Perec’s Geographies offers a complete and systematic examination that will be of interest not only to Perec scholars but also to students and researchers across these subjects.
 

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About the Author:

Charles Forsdick is James Barrow Professor of French at the University of Liverpool. He is the author of many books, including, most recently, Toussaint Louverture: A Black Jacobin in the Age of Revolutions. Andrew Leak is professor of French and Francophone studies at University College London. Richard Phillips is professor of cultural geography at the University of Sheffield and the author of several books, including Fieldwork for Human Geography.

About this edition

• Publisher: UCL Press
• Publication date: 2020
• ISBN 10: 1787354431
• ISBN 13: 9781787354432
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 234
• Editor: Forsdick Charles, Leak Andrew, Phillips Richard