The Lure of the Sea: The Discovery of the Seaside in the Western World

by Alain Corbin

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This wonderful book explores the dramatic change in Western attitude toward the sea and seaside pleasures that occurred between 1750 and 1840. Interest in travel; the arrival of landscape painting,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0520066383

ISBN13:9780520066380

Release Date:April 1994

Publisher:University of California Press

Length:380 Pages

Weight:1.65 lbs.

Dimensions:1.5" x 6.2" x 9.3"

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