Shipwreck Modernity: Ecologies of Globalization, 1550-1719

Shipwreck Modernity engages early modern representations of maritime disaster to describe the global experience of ecological crisis. Through coming to terms with shipwreck, English sailors, poets, and playwrights adapted to disruptive change and global expansion. Steve Mentz ’89 is a professor of English at St. John’s University in New York City.