The Literary Beach: History and Aesthetics of a Modern Topos

This book studies the literary representation of the beach from ancient Greek literature up until today, drawing on English, French, Italian, American and Spanish literatures from various periods and genres and presenting multiple ways of comparing and understanding literary beaches as a ubiquitous literary phenomenon.

Carsten Meiner is a Professor of French at the University of Copenhagen.
Katrine Andersen is an Associate Professor at the University of Copenhagen.