The Enchafèd Flood: Three Critical Essays on the Romantic Spirit

by W H Auden

Put simply, The Enchaf d Flood is an "attempt to understand the nature of Romanticism through an examination of its treatment of a single theme, the sea." Auden focuses his Christian existentialist eye especially on Herman Melville's Moby-Dick, though he draws widely from works as various as the Bible and Baudelaire, to probe the Romantic proclivity to seek escape from responsibility and community.

Beginning with an exploration of Book V...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 196331994X
• ISBN13: 9781963319941
• Release Date: May 2024
• Publisher: Wiseblood Books
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.3" x 8.0"