Encyclopedia of American Literature of the Sea and Great LakesJill B. Gidmark The sea and Great Lakes have inspired American authors from colonial times to the present to produce enduring literary works. This reference is a comprehensive survey of American sea literature. The scope of the encyclopedia ranges from the earliest printed matter produced in the colonies to contemporary experiments in published prose, poetry, and drama. The book also acknowledges how literature gives rise to adaptations and resonances in music and film and includes coverage of nonliterary topics that have nonetheless shaped American literature of the sea and Great Lakes. |
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... Cold Is the Sea ( 1978 ) , Beach's protagonist undergoes nuclear training and commands a nuclear submarine . Beach retired as a captain in 1966 , then wrote naval history and other books . A recent title is Scapegoats ( 1995 ) , in ...
... Cold War superpowers , as is always the case in post - World War II versions of this genre : the technology that Ramius controls is of critical strategic importance to the Soviets and Americans . A 1990 film ad- aptation starred Sean ...
... cold water , meaning suddenly crystallizes around the realization that meaning is undiscoverable . Other contemporary poets , not struggling quite so hard for meaning , find spiritual solace in the sea . Theodore Roethke , whose central ...