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Risingtidefallingstar : in search of the soul of the sea / Philip Hoare.

De Gruyter University of Chicago Press Complete eBook-Package 2018 Available online

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Hoare, Philip, author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Hoare, Philip.
Ocean--Popular works.
Ocean.
Ocean--Social aspects.
Ocean--Psychological aspects.
Ocean and civilization.
Marine animals.
Sea in literature.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (409 pages) : illustrations
Place of Publication:
Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2018.
Summary:
"Hoare brings readers on a journey in pursuit of human and animal stories of the sea. Along the way, he encounters drowned poets and eccentric artists, modernist writers and era-defining performers, wild utopians and national heroes famous or infamous, who are all surprisingly, and sometimes fatally, linked to the sea."--Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Frontmatter
Contents
THE RISING SEA
HE GAZES TO THE SHORE
THE STAR LIKE SORROWS OF IMMORTAL EYES
SOMETHING AMAZING
THE PEOPLE OF THE SEA
ZERO AND EVERYTHING TOGETHER
UNDER A GREEN SEA
THE HANDSOME SAILOR
STELLA MARIS
THE SEA THAT RAGED NO MORE
Notes:
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
0-226-56066-X
OCLC:
1028747520

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