Tag Archives: literary-geography

“Redy on tho bankes”

Posted on September 14, 2026 by M. Roland

[Reader, if you are just joining this journey, click on the “About” tab for context. The posts began in January 2026 but with an interlude from May til September 2026 when I was walking the Via Francigena. Now, I am picking … Continue reading →

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Towards Sandewyche . . .

Posted on May 9, 2026 by M. Roland

[Reader, if you are just joining this journey, click on the “About” tab for context. The chronological posts begin in January 2026.] Ryght so [Arthur] sought, and his knyghtes, towarde  Sandewyche where he founde before hym many galyard [sturdy] knyghtes—for there … Continue reading →

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Go by Watlynge Strete

Posted on April 29, 2026 by M. Roland

[Reader, if you are just joining this journey, click on the “About” tab for context. The chronological posts begin in January 2026.] Canterbury is in the general direction of Sandwich, and I couldn’t resist the minor detour. As a professor … Continue reading →

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“Here in this world, he changed his life:” literary geography and an itinerary

Posted on February 16, 2026 by M. Roland

Literary geography—an imaginative, creative, or literary responses to landscape and place. It is also an awareness of the ways in which “spaces” are produced, created, or culturally sanctioned. Writing about travel and geography, whether real or imagined, has a long … Continue reading →

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