The British Industrial Canal - Reading the Waterways from the Eighteenth Century to the Anthropocene

This book tracks the history of engineered water and canals in Great Britain.

Wherever a boat glides along a canal, a pen follows. Bringing together textual treasures from four centuries of waterways writing, The British Industrial Canal explores our relationship with engineered water and canal connections between our industrial and colonial pasts and the Anthropocene. This literary critical voyage travels from 1761, the opening of the Duke of Bridgewater's canal, to the present.

About the author

Jodie Matthews is professor of literature at the University of Huddersfield, Yorkshire. She is currently head of department for Communication and Humanities.

Summary

This work of literary criticism explores literature about canals in Britain, from poetry about early industrial waterways in the eighteenth century to 'canal noir' in the twenty-first. Themes include water, climate, gender, Empire, fossils, nature, labour and time.

Product details

• Authors: Jodie Matthews, Matthews Jodie
• Publisher: University of Wales Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.2023
• EAN: 9781837720033
• ISBN: 978-1-83772-003-3
• No. of pages: 264
• Dimensions: 145 mm x 225 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Intersections in Literature and Science
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book; British, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, History: specific events & topics, English, SCIENCE / History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, 20th Century, to, HISTORY / Social History, Reading, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / History, TRANSPORTATION / Ships & Shipbuilding / General, 21st Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, History of Science, From, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Jodie, Anthropocene, History of engineering and technology, Literary studies: general, History: specific events and topics, Canal, Century, History of engineering & technology, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Ships and boats: general interest, Ships & boats: general interest, Literary studies: poetry and poets, Industrialisation & Industrial History, Industrialisation and industrial history, Industrial, Matthews, Eighteenth, Waterways