The coast, being where the island meets its sea, possesses a singular place in the national identity and Romantic conception of England. Nowhere in the country is far from it, there is a lot of it, and everyone has been there.

While the White Cliffs of Dover in nearby Kent may be the best known such shorescape, it is not the only one, and Sussex carries its own position in the British Romantic canon. From Seaford to Beachy Head near Eastbourne, the South Downs erode into the sea, producing another series of chalk cliffs which stretch just over thirteen miles. Past Beachy Head to the east, the cliffs drop down to the town of Eastbourne and then to the wetlands of Pevensey, where William landed in 1066 before encamping near Hastings.

Covering from the 18^th to early 20^th centuries and including works from writers such as Charlotte Smith, Rudyard Kipling, and Alfred Noyes, this exhibit joins period illustrations with travel writing and poetry. It uses material taken primarily from the McMaster Archives, newly digitised and organised by theme to create a showcase of the Sussex coast and its understanding in the British imagination.

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لكن لا بد أن أوضح لك أن كل هذه الأفكار المغلوطة حول استنكار النشوة وتمجيد الألم يعرض هذا النص من اليمين إلى اليسار.