Article Title

Jane Austen meets the GPS: Place and Space

Authors

David Kolb, Bates CollegeFollow

Abstract

When one reads Jane Austen’s novels, one finds that her heroines’ lives center around a beloved and comfortable home, in a local region including a small town, some neighboring estates, and local hills and valleys. It is a detailed and textured home area of nearby places reachable on foot or horse. One to three miles are walkable to a friend’s house or a favorite scenic hill. Beyond this region is no longer “home.” Fifteen or twenty-five miles can be distant.

Keywords

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817; Global Positioning System; Place (Philosophy) in literature

Recommended Citation

Kolb, David (2016) "Jane Austen meets the GPS: Place and Space," Sophia and Philosophia: Vol. 1: Iss. 1, Article 3.
Available at: https://repository.belmont.edu/sph/vol1/iss1/3