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Coastal Works - Cultures of the Atlantic Edge (Hardcover)
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Coastal Works - Cultures of the Atlantic Edge (Hardcover)
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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. These
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.
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