The sea and medieval English literature /

A fresh and invigorating survey of the sea as it appears in medieval English literature, from romance to chronicle, hagiography to autobiography. As the first cultural history of the sea in medieval English literature, this book traces premodern myths of insularity from their Old English beginnings...

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Main Author: Sobecki, Sebastian I. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Suffolk : Boydell & Brewer, 2008.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Traditions
  • Deserts and Forests in the Ocean
  • Almost Beyond the World
  • Realms in Abeyance
  • Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
  • Epilogue: The Tempest's Many Beginnings
  • Index.