In Abstract Machine, GIS technology
is employed to interpret, analyze, and visualize literary, historical, and
philosophical texts. Charles Travis's study shows how mapping language patterns,
fictional landscapes, geographic spaces, and philosophical concepts
helps support critical analysis. Travis bases his interpretive model
upon the ancient Greek and Roman practice of geographia, and
applies it to works by authors including Samuel Beckett, Patrick
Kavanagh, Flann O’Brien, and James Joyce. Travis illustrates how
scholars in the humanities can experiment with GIS to create
visualizations that support and illustrate their critical analysis of
humanities texts, and survey, navigate, and imagine various story-paths
through space and time.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Abstract-Machine-Humanities-GIS/dp/1589483685