The Sea

Nature and Culture

Richard Hamblyn (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

240 Seiten

2021
Reaktion Books (Verlag)
9781789144871 (ISBN)

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An account of the sea and its meanings, from ancient myths to contemporary geopolitics.

This book explores the sea and its meanings from ancient myths to contemporary geopolitics, from Atlantis to the Mediterranean migrant crisis. Richard Hamblyn traces a cultural and geographical journey from estuary to abyss, beginning with the topographies of the shoreline and ending with the likely futures of our maritime environments. Along the way the book considers the sea as a site of work and endurance, of story and song, of language, leisure and longing. By considering the sea as both a physical and a cultural presence, the book shines new light on the sea and its indelible place in the human imagination.

Richard Hamblyn is a lecturer in the department of English, Theatre and Creative Writing at Birkbeck, University of London. An award-winning environmental writer and historian, his previous books include The Invention of Clouds (2001), Terra: Tales of the Earth (2009), The Art of Science (2011), Extraordinary Weather (2012) and Clouds and Tsunami in the Earth series.

Erscheinungsdatum	05.03.2022
Reihe/Serie	Earth
Zusatzinfo	102 illustrations, 84 in colour
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Limnologie / Meeresbiologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
ISBN-13	9781789144871 / 9781789144871
Zustand	Neuware