The Sea in the Literary Imagination

The Sea in the Literary Imagination
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Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages : 404
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ISBN-10 : 9781527524101
ISBN-13 : 1527524108
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Book Synopsis The Sea in the Literary Imagination by : Ekaterina V. Kobeleva

Download or read book The Sea in the Literary Imagination written by Ekaterina V. Kobeleva and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2019-01-03 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection explores nautical themes in a variety of literary contexts from multiple cultures. Including contributors from five continents, it emphasizes the universality of human experience with the sea, while focusing on literature that spans a millennium, stretching from medieval romance to the twenty-first-century reimagining of classic literary texts in film. These fresh essays engage in discussions of literature from the UK, the USA, India, Chile, Turkey, Spain, Japan, Colombia, and the Caribbean. Scholars of maritime literature will find the collection interesting for the unique insights it offers on individual literary texts, while general readers will be intrigued by the interconnectedness that it reveals in human experience with the sea.


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