Fictions of the Sea - Critical Perspectives on the Ocean in British Literature and Culture

About the author

Bernhard Klein

Summary

This work brings together 12 original essays on the cultural meaning of the sea in British literature and history, from early modern times to the present. Interdisciplinary in conception, it charts metaphorical and material links between the "idea of the sea" and social and political significance.

Product details

• Assisted by: Bernhard Klein (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.08.2002
• EAN: 9780754606208
• ISBN: 978-0-7546-0620-8
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 453 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Cultural Studies, European History, English, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Maritime History & Piracy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, maritime history, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Social and cultural history, Literary studies: general