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Image of the Sea: Oceanic Consciousness in the Romantic Century

By Howard Isham

Book information

Publisher
International Academic Publishers, Peter Lang Inc.
Year
2004
ISBN
0820467278, 9780820467276
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
101 MB (105628012 bytes)
Pages
415\435
Time added
2017-03-18 00:39:08
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Description

This book explores the unprecedented surge or oceanic feeling in the aesthetic expression of the romantic century. As secular thought began to displace the certainties of a sacral universe, the oceans that give life to our planet offered a symbol of eternity, rooted in the experience of nature rather than Biblical tradition. Images of the sea permeated the minds of the early Romantics, became a significant ingredient of romantic expression, and continued to emerge in the language, literature, art, and music of the nineteenth century. These pages document the evidence for this oceanic consciousness in some of the most creative minds of that century.

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