The Literary Beach

History and Aesthetics of a Modern Topos

Carsten Meiner (University of Copenhagen, Denmark), Katrine Helene Andersen

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English

Routledge
08 May 2024

Literature: history & criticism; Literary studies: general; History: specific events & topics; Cultural studies; Deltas, estuaries, coastal regions

Series: Routledge Studies in Comparative Literature

"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."

Edited by: Carsten Meiner (University of Copenhagen Denmark), Katrine Helene Andersen
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 503g
ISBN: 9781032526737
ISBN 10: 1032526734
Series: Routledge Studies in Comparative Literature
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 08 May 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Carsten Meiner is Professor of French at the University of Copenhagen. Katrine Helene Andersen is an Associate Professor at the University of Copenhagen.