Worlds of Possibility: Shakespearean Seascapes - Ana-Maria Ionesi

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This study offers an ecocritical and geocritical approach of seascapes as vital and transformative metaphors in classical and early modern literature. The sea emerges as a living, breathing force that profoundly shapes human identity, emotion, and imagination. From Homer’s Odyssey, in George Chapman's influential translation, where the endless waters reflect the complexity of the human mind and the trials of mortality, to early modern travel narratives, the marine world is portrayed both as an e...