I began this book during a summer when European rivers ran dry;...Seatangled reflects the transitional period in which we live, moving from an analysis of water as symbol and metaphor to an exploration of water with powerful agency.
Nicholas Allen is the director of the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts and Endowed Professor in Humanities at the University of Georgia. A native of Belfast, he has published several books on Ireland and its literature, has been the Burns Visiting Scholar at Boston College, and has received many grants and awards, including from the Mellon Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Irish Research Council.