Revised version of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Harvard University, 2008.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-175) and index.
A geographic shift -- Elisée Recluse and Paul Vidal de la Blache : geography personified -- Jules Verne's ego-geography : reading "Une carte d'Identité" -- G. Bruno's Tour de la France : the organic bonds of a geographic narrative -- Aurthur Rimbaud's Une Saison en enfer : what does colonization feel like? -- Conclusion