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Book Review: Ladislav Vít The Landscapes of W.H. Auden’s Interwar Poetry: Roots and Routes (New York and London: Routledge, 2022). 143 pp

Book Review: Ladislav Vít The Landscapes of W.H. Auden’s Interwar Poetry: Roots and Routes (New... Prague Journal of English Studies Volume 11, No. 1, 2022 ISSN: 1804-8722 (print) DOI 10.2478/pjes-2022-0010 ISSN: 2336-2685 (online) Ladislav Vít The Landscapes of W.H. Auden’s Interwar Poetry: Roots and Routes (New York and London: Routledge, 2022). 143 pp. th Ever since the second half of the 20 century, literary theory and criticism have been turning more and more of their attention to representation of space and place, which gradually gained the signifi cance which time and temporality had enjoyed for centuries.  is focal shi , drawing on the premise that “[t]here is no unspatialized social reality” (Soja 46), emerged from the acknowledgement that the relationship between human beings and their environment is reciprocal and highly interactive: not only do the spatial properties of our existence shape who we are and how we perceive ourselves and the world around us, our perception and interpretation of space also determine the character and signifi cance of our living environments. Once endowed with meanings – social, political, aesthetic and emotional – such spaces enter the network of signs through which we attempt to grasp and make sense of the world around us and our place within it. at human beings live in http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Prague Journal of English Studies de Gruyter

Book Review: Ladislav Vít The Landscapes of W.H. Auden’s Interwar Poetry: Roots and Routes (New York and London: Routledge, 2022). 143 pp

Chalupský, Petr
Prague Journal of English Studies , Volume 11 (1): 4 – Jul 1, 2022
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Prague Journal of English Studies Volume 11, No. 1, 2022 ISSN: 1804-8722 (print) DOI 10.2478/pjes-2022-0010 ISSN: 2336-2685 (online) Ladislav Vít The Landscapes of W.H. Auden’s Interwar Poetry: Roots and Routes (New York and London: Routledge, 2022). 143 pp. th Ever since the second half of the 20 century, literary theory and criticism have been turning more and more of their attention to representation of space and place, which gradually gained the signifi cance which time and temporality had enjoyed for centuries.  is focal shi , drawing on the premise that “[t]here is no unspatialized social reality” (Soja 46), emerged from the acknowledgement that the relationship between human beings and their environment is reciprocal and highly interactive: not only do the spatial properties of our existence shape who we are and how we perceive ourselves and the world around us, our perception and interpretation of space also determine the character and signifi cance of our living environments. Once endowed with meanings – social, political, aesthetic and emotional – such spaces enter the network of signs through which we attempt to grasp and make sense of the world around us and our place within it. at human beings live in

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