Author: Steve Mentz

During the nineteenth century, British and American naval supremacy spanned the globe. The importance of transoceanic shipping and trade to the European-based empire and her rapidly expanding former …

During the nineteenth century, British and American naval supremacy spanned the globe. The importance of transoceanic shipping and trade to the European-based empire and her rapidly expanding former …

The major claim made by this study is that early modern English prose fiction self-consciously invented a new form of literary culture in which professional writers created books to be printed and so …

The major claim made by this study is that early modern English prose fiction self-consciously invented a new form of literary culture in which professional writers created books to be printed and so …

This book has been nominated for The Mountbatten Award for Best Book in the Maritime Media Awards 2021.The Routledge Companion to Marine and Maritime Worlds, 1400-1800 explores early modern maritime …

This book has been nominated for The Mountbatten Award for Best Book in the Maritime Media Awards 2021.The Routledge Companion to Marine and Maritime Worlds, 1400-1800 explores early modern maritime …

An Introduction to the Blue Humanities is the first textbook to explore the many ways humans engage with water, utilizing literary, cultural, historical, and theoretical connections and ecologies to …

An Introduction to the Blue Humanities is the first textbook to explore the many ways humans engage with water, utilizing literary, cultural, historical, and theoretical connections and ecologies to …

Journey through uncharted literary waters and explore Melville’s epic in bold new light Come sail with I. We’re not taking the same trip, though you might recognize the familiar course. This time, th …

Journey through uncharted literary waters and explore Melville’s epic in bold new light Come sail with I. We’re not taking the same trip, though you might recognize the familiar course. This time, th …

Water and cognition seem unrelated things, the one a physical environment and the other an intellectual process. The essays in this book show how bringing these two modes together revitalizes our und …

We need a poetic history of the ocean, and Shakespeare can help us find one. There’s more real salt in the plays than we might expect. Shakespeare’s dramatic ocean spans the God-sea of the ancient wo …