AN Errant Eye

Focusing on the evolution of topography in early modern France, the book explores how the representation of local spaces influenced literary and visual forms. It presents a "new poetics of space," analyzing Renaissance poetry, prose, and cartography. Tom Conley offers insightful interpretations of maps, woodcuts, and poems, highlighting a late Renaissance crisis where spatial, subjective, and political boundaries become ambiguous amidst a growing landscape of printed literature.