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.