Sandscapes: Writing the British Seaside

Sandscapes: Writing the British Seaside explores the environmental, social, personal, cultural, and political significance of sand and seaside towns, drawing together writers from various backgrounds to cover topics such as sand dunes, sand mining, seaside stories, shoreline architecture, sand grains, and global sand movements.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 227 pages
Publication date: 03 November 2020
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

Sandscapes: Writing the British Seaside delves into the captivating topography of sand, sandscapes, and the seaside in British culture and beyond. This comprehensive book brings together a diverse range of creative and critical writings that explore the multifaceted meanings of sand, encompassing themes of holidays, respite, time, mortality, abundance, and eternity. By bringing together writers from various backgrounds, the volume explores the environmental, social, personal, cultural, and political significance of sand and the seaside towns that have emerged around it. The contributions in this volume take various forms, including fiction and nonfiction, and cover a wide range of topics, from sand dunes to sand mining, from seaside stories to shoreline architecture, from sand grains to global sand movements, from narratives of bed and breakfast establishments to stories of seaside decline. What may initially appear as a symbol of aridity is revealed within this book as an astonishingly rich source of cultural meaning.

Weight: 380g
Dimension: 156 x 234 x 17 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030447793
Edition number: 1st ed. 2020