These Brilliant Literary Maps Will Help You Understand Your Favorite Book A lavishly illustrated atlas for Huckleberry Finn and other classics

 Marissa Fessenden with the Smithsonian Magazine website, on October 27, 2015 combines two of my favorite things, maps and literature, in this article. I know what I am asking Santa for!

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These Brilliant Literary Maps Will Help You Understand Your Favorite Book

A lavishly illustrated atlas for Huckleberry Finn and other classics

A great book captivates readers by conjuring incredible worlds from words. These imaginative places exist in the intimate space between writers and their audiences, but occasionally, the illusion blends into other forms of art.

That’s exactly what happened when artist Andrew DeGraff interpreted the literary worlds of Robinson Crusoe, Huckleberry Finn and Phileas Fogg for his recent collection, Plotted: A Literary Atlas. His lavishly detailed illustrations are literary maps of classic stories, which help readers “navigate the twists and turns of complex storylines,” writes Linda Poon for CityLab.

DeGraff’s work pulls readers into old favorites like A Wrinkle in TimeThe Odyssey and Around the World in 80 Days. The collection also features non-fiction maps, inspired by books such as Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, which maintain historical accuracy. The fictional ones were left to DeGraff’s wild imagination.

Read the full post on Smithsonian Magazine

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