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Titre(s) : Coastal works [Texte imprimé] : cultures of the Atlantic edge / edited by Nicholas Allen, Nick Groom and Jos Smith
Édition : First edition
Publication : Oxford (GB) : Oxford university press, 2017
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XVI-292 p.) : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Note(s) : "In all the complex cultural history of the islands of Britain and Ireland the idea
of the coast as a significant representative space is critical. For many important
artists coastal space has figured as a site from which to braid ideas of empire, nation,
region, and archipelago. They have been drawn to the coast as a zone of geographical
uncertainty in which the self-definitions of the nation founder; they have been drawn
to it as a peripheral space of vestigial wildness, of island retreats and experimental
living; as a network of diverse localities richly endowed with distinctive forms of
cultural heritage; and as a dynamically interconnected ecosystem, which is at the
same time the historic site of significant developments in fieldwork and natural science.
This collection situates these cultures of the Atlantic edge in a series of essays
that create new contexts for coastal study in literary history and criticism. The
contributors frame their research in response to emerging conversations in archipelagic
criticism, the blue humanities, and island studies, the essays challenging the reader
to reconsider ideas of margin, periphery and exchange. 0These twelve case studies
establish the coast as a crucial location in the imaginative history of Britain, Ireland
and the north Atlantic edge. Coastal Works will appeal to readers of literature and
history with an interest in the sea, the environment, and the archipelago from the
18th century to the present. Accessible, innovative and provocative, Coastal Works
establishes the important role that the coast plays in our cultural imaginary and
suggests a range of methodologies to represent relationships between land, sea, and
cultural work."--Dust jacket
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Allen, Nicholas (1972-....). Éditeur scientifique
Groom, Nick (1966-....). Éditeur scientifique
Smith, Jos (1980-....). Éditeur scientifique
Sujet(s) : Littérature anglaise -- Thèmes, motifs
Littoraux -- Dans la littérature
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780198795155. - ISBN 0198795157 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb454078869
Notice n° :
FRBNF45407886
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