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Tirtha

Wear

Abstract

This is another short bridging chapter, based on further exploring the symbolic importance of ‘crossing over’ – this time on the River Wear, which is connected back to the coast which it empties into. This reinforces the importance of the metaphor of the water cycle and the notion of the eternal return.

Abstract

This is another short bridging chapter, based on further exploring the symbolic importance of ‘crossing over’ – this time on the River Wear, which is connected back to the coast which it empties into. This reinforces the importance of the metaphor of the water cycle and the notion of the eternal return.

Chapters in this book

  1. Front Matter i
  2. Dedication iv
  3. Contents v
  4. Epigraphs 1
  5. Prologue 3
  6. Introduction 13
  7. I The sea on sanded feet 29
  8. 1 The compass takes its weigh 31
  9. 2 Coastline of castles 51
  10. 3 Salt pans and sand dunes 71
  11. 4 The Spine Road 97
  12. 5 Harvest from the deep 121
  13. Tirtha 141
  14. II Stringing Bedes 145
  15. 6 Following the Don 147
  16. 7 The Ash Path 169
  17. 8 Ghosts of the East End 189
  18. 9 What kingdom without common feasting? 209
  19. 10 Light moved on 231
  20. 11 The big meeting 247
  21. Tirtha 264
  22. Davy 266
  23. Coda 269
  24. Glossary of Northumbrian dialect terms 274
  25. Acknowledgements 276
  26. Notes 278
  27. Index 286
Between the salt and the ash
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https://doi.org/10.7765/9781526175380.00021

Chapters in this book

  1. Front Matter i
  2. Dedication iv
  3. Contents v
  4. Epigraphs 1
  5. Prologue 3
  6. Introduction 13
  7. I The sea on sanded feet 29
  8. 1 The compass takes its weigh 31
  9. 2 Coastline of castles 51
  10. 3 Salt pans and sand dunes 71
  11. 4 The Spine Road 97
  12. 5 Harvest from the deep 121
  13. Tirtha 141
  14. II Stringing Bedes 145
  15. 6 Following the Don 147
  16. 7 The Ash Path 169
  17. 8 Ghosts of the East End 189
  18. 9 What kingdom without common feasting? 209
  19. 10 Light moved on 231
  20. 11 The big meeting 247
  21. Tirtha 264
  22. Davy 266
  23. Coda 269
  24. Glossary of Northumbrian dialect terms 274
  25. Acknowledgements 276
  26. Notes 278
  27. Index 286
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