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The Lure of the Sea: Discovery of the Seaside in the Western World, 1750-1840 (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 72 hours | |Short Description for The Lure of the SeaThis is an account of how the pleasures of the seaside were discovered in the Western World. This book argues that with few exceptions, people living before the 18th century knew nothing of the attractions of the coast. The sea was perceived as sinister and unchanging.
Full description- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
- Published: 01 November 1995
- Format: Paperback 400 pages
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- Categories: History Of Ideas | Sociology: Sport & Leisure | General & World History | European History | Social & Cultural History | Natural History | Water Sports & Recreations
- ISBN 13: 9780140247992 ISBN 10: 0140247998
- Sales rank: 197,728
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Full description for The Lure of the Sea
This is an account of how the pleasures of the seaside were discovered in the Western World. Based on the premiss that how we see the landscape over time is shaped not just by nature but also by the cultural baggage we bring to it, this book argues that with few exceptions, people living before the 18th century knew nothing of the attractions of the coast. The sea was perceived as sinister and unchanging, an unfathomable force inspiring horror, associated with floods, sea monsters and the like. With the Enlightenment, a change occurred. The book follows a course from a theocentric interpretation of the shore as the line drawn by God's finger after the Flood, through the sea as experienced by Neoclassical travellers on the Grand Tour, to the beloved sea of the Romantic poets and the growth of the popular seaside resort that came in their wake.
