Aquatopia: The Imaginary of the Ocean Deep

The sea has been a source of both fascination and fear since time began, stirring myths and legends and providing the setting for some of art and literature’s most enduring images and tales. From classics such as The Odyssey, Moby Dick and The Little Mermaid, to the sci-fi-tinged Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and even pulp extravaganzas like the recent B-movie Sharknado, the sea and its beasts mesmerise and...