The Idea of the Antipodes: Place, People, and Voices

by Matthew Boyd Goldie

Book Overview

This study uses critical theory to investigate the history of how people have thought about the antipodes-the places and people on the other side of the world-from ancient Greece to present-day literature and digital media. Taking into account maps, letters, book illustrations, travel writing, poetry, and drama, Goldie reveals that the history of the idea of the antipodes might be seen as different modes or discourses: mathematical and geographical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415999065
• ISBN13: 9780415999069
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"