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245 04 a| The literary beachh| [electronic resource] :b| history and aesthetics of a modern topos /c| edited by Carsten Meiner and Katrine Helene Andersen.;

260 a| New York, NY :b| Routledge,c| 2024.;

263 a| 2404;

300 a| pages cm.;

490 0 a| Routledge studies in comparative literature;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

520 a| "As a geo-historical place, the beach integrates a variety of characteristics and functions so multiple that they tend to contradict each other. The beach is both a place of work and trade but also of leisure; it is both a place of therapy and health but also of migration, war, and death; it is a place of mass tourism and boredom but also the place of experiencing the Other; it is a public place but also an uncivilized and desolate place. This book studies the literary representation of the beach from ancient Greek literature up until today, drawing on English, French, Italian, American and Spanish literatures from various periods and genres and presenting multiple ways of comparing and understanding literary beaches as a ubiquitous literary phenomenon. It demonstrates how the literary beach as a both geo-historical place and as an aesthetic literary commonplace has been a constant and privileged resource for the analysis of more general existential, sociological, and moral problems. This is the case when for instance the Tahitian beach becomes the place of the "already modern" in Stevenson's tales, or when the Italian beach becomes a question of modern feminism in Ferrante. In this sense, literature expands the local or national beach by articulating its transnational complexities"--c| Provided by publisher.;

538 a| Mode of access: World Wide Web;

650 0 a| Beaches in literature.=| ^A1415193;

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700 1 a| Meiner, Carsten.=| ^A1255442;

700 1 a| Andersen, Katrine Helene.?| UNAUTHORIZED;

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The literary beach history and aesthetics of a modern topos / edited by Carsten Meiner and Katrine Helene Andersen.

Other author	Meiner, Carsten.
Other author	Andersen, Katrine Helene.
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	New York, NY : Routledge, 2024.
Description	pages cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost
Subjects	Beaches in literature.

Series	Routledge studies in comparative literature
Abstract	"As a geo-historical place, the beach integrates a variety of characteristics and functions so multiple that they tend to contradict each other. The beach is both a place of work and trade but also of leisure; it is both a place of therapy and health but also of migration, war, and death; it is a place of mass tourism and boredom but also the place of experiencing the Other; it is a public place but also an uncivilized and desolate place. This book studies the literary representation of the beach from ancient Greek literature up until today, drawing on English, French, Italian, American and Spanish literatures from various periods and genres and presenting multiple ways of comparing and understanding literary beaches as a ubiquitous literary phenomenon. It demonstrates how the literary beach as a both geo-historical place and as an aesthetic literary commonplace has been a constant and privileged resource for the analysis of more general existential, sociological, and moral problems. This is the case when for instance the Tahitian beach becomes the place of the "already modern" in Stevenson's tales, or when the Italian beach becomes a question of modern feminism in Ferrante. In this sense, literature expands the local or national beach by articulating its transnational complexities"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2023051178
ISBN	9781032526737 (paperback)
ISBN	9781032526744 (hardback)
ISBN	(ebook)

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