Professor Stewart Mottram S.Mottram@hull.ac.uk
Professor of Literature and Environment
From Noah to Now: A Cultural History of Flooding in English Coastal and Estuary Communities
People Involved
Dr Ed Brookes E.Brookes@hull.ac.uk
Research Fellow
Time, Tide, and Tempestuous Flooding: ‘To his Coy Mistress’ in an Age of Storms (2025)
Journal Article
Mottram, S., McDonagh, B., & Worthen, H. (online). Time, Tide, and Tempestuous Flooding: ‘To his Coy Mistress’ in an Age of Storms. Review of English Studies, https://doi.org/10.1093/res/hgaf012Why might Marvell complain ‘by the tide | Of Humber’ in ‘To his Coy Mistress’? This article reads these lines in light of little-known records of flood risk management, housed at East Riding of Yorkshire Archives, Beverley, to uncover a new approach... Read More about Time, Tide, and Tempestuous Flooding: ‘To his Coy Mistress’ in an Age of Storms.
Ancient meadows and the power of kings (2024)
Digital Artefact
Mottram, S. (2024). Ancient meadows and the power of kings. [Blog]
The latest flood alleviation scheme for the River Thames is attracting considerable controversy from wild swimmers at Ferris Meadow Lake in Surrey. Ferris Meadow is a former gravel pit turned conservation area that is now a popular wild swimming... Read More about Ancient meadows and the power of kings.
Andrew Marvell and Paul Best: New Light on Marvell's Links to Non-Trinitarians (2024)
Journal Article
Mottram, S. (2024). Andrew Marvell and Paul Best: New Light on Marvell's Links to Non-Trinitarians. Notes and queries, 71(4), 431-440. https://doi.org/10.1093/notesj/gjae119Opening paragraph:
Scholars have long been aware of connections between the poet Andrew Marvell (1621–78), his father, the Reverend Andrew Marvell (1584–1641), and the branch of non-Trinitarianism known as Socinianism. Marvell the poet was accused... Read More about Andrew Marvell and Paul Best: New Light on Marvell's Links to Non-Trinitarians.