As the first study of coastlines and early modern English literature, Dire Straits investigates the tensions of the classical tradition’s isolation of the British Isles from the domain of poetry. By illustrating how early modern English writers created their works in the context of a longstanding cultural inheritance from antiquity, Elizabeth Jane Bellamy offers a new approach to the history of early modern cartography and its influences on literature.
As the first study of coastlines and early modern English literature, Dire Straits investigates the tensions of the classical tradition’s isolation of the British Isles from the domain of poetry. By illustrating how early modern English writers created their works in the context of a longstanding cultural inheritance from antiquity, Elizabeth Jane Bellamy offers a new approach to the history of early modern cartography and its influences on literature.
Dire Straits: The Perils of Writing the Early Modern English Coastline from Leland to Milton
216Dire Straits: The Perils of Writing the Early Modern English Coastline from Leland to Milton
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ISBN-13: | 9781442645011 |
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Publisher: | University of Toronto Press |
Publication date: | 04/09/2013 |
Pages: | 216 |
Product dimensions: | 6.20(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.90(d) |