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This chapter charts a transformation in perceptions of the sands of Morecambe Bay between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Combining considerations of literature and art, including works by Ann Radcliffe, William Wordsworth, Edwin Waugh, J. M. W. Turner, and Elizabeth Gaskell, I trace the recurrent portrayal of the Bay during this period as a threshold and a frontier. Collectively, these portrayals bear witness to a period of remarkable change, and they offer insights into how the extension of a railway around the Bay during the 1850s altered the way people experienced, understood, and represented the passage over the sands.
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Donaldson, C. (2020). “Over Sands to the Lakes”: Journeys Over Morecambe Bay Before and After the Age of Steam. In: Carruthers, J., Dakkak, N. (eds) Sandscapes. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44780-9_11
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