Literature and Lore of the Sea (Costerus NS 52) (Costerus)
Publisher: Editions Rodopi
Published: January 1986
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9789062035380
Subjects: History and criticism; Sea in literature; Seafaring life in literature; English literature; American literature; Special Subjects In Literature
First sentence: When faced with the rich and varied fare of sea literature in Western culture, I am reminded of two contradictory impulses of the human mind: to know everything, on the one hand, and to control and order what we know, on the other.