At the Bottom of Shakespeare’s Ocean

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 World And The Immense Blue Vistas That Early Modern Mariners Navigated. Throughout His Career, From The Opening Shipwrecks Of The Comedy Of Errors Through The Tempest , Shakespeare's Plays Figure The Ocean As Shocking Physical Reality And Mind-twisting Symbol Of Change And Instability. To Fathom Shakespeare's Ocean - To Go Down To Its Bottom - This Book's Chapters Focus On Different Things That Human Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Fathoming: The Tempest And King Lear; 2. Keeping Watch: Othello; 3. Swimming: The Comedy Of Errors; 4. Beachcombing: Twelfth Night; 5. Fishing: Pericles; 6. Drowning: Timon Of Athens; Warm Water Epilogue; Reading The New Thalassology; Index Steve Mentz. Description Based Upon Print Version Of Record. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Also Issued In Printing. English