Literary cartography employs mapping techniques not to illustrate texts, but to interrogate them. Using geographic data of both place names and descriptions to produce geo-spatial visualizations for analysis enhances understanding of the interaction of literature and place. Adding layers of historical data through the use of cartograms and old maps enables a broader picture of the various dimensions of life in the city in different periods, and their relation to the images of the city in literature, to emerge.
Mapping St. Petersburg
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