Literary geography, pioneered in the first half of the twentieth century, is now a well-established field of research. English novelist and journalist Arnold Bennett is one of many literary artists whose works have been studied by geographers. This article examines Bennett’s writings in order to explore how changing modes and spatial patterns of transport influence landscape, land use and urban morphology. It demonstrates his geographical understanding of the role and influence of transport in regional development and on the landscape, thus emphasizing Bennett’s ability to describe and explain these phenomena using the trained sensibilities of the novelist. Examples are drawn from Bennett’s native Potteries district and from other areas familiar to him, both in England and on the European continent.

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Arnold Bennett，交通与城市发展

文学地理学在 20 世纪上半叶开创，现在是一个成熟的研究领域。英国小说家兼记者阿诺德·贝内特 (Arnold Bennett) 是众多文学艺术家之一，其作品已被地理学家研究过。本文研究了 Bennett 的著作，以探讨不断变化的交通模式和空间模式如何影响景观、土地利用和城市形态。它展示了他对交通在区域发展和景观中的作用和影响的地理理解，从而强调了 Bennett 使用小说家训练有素的敏感性来描述和解释这些现象的能力。例子来自 Bennett 的家乡陶器区和他熟悉的其他地区，包括英格兰和欧洲大陆。