The Novel and the Sea /

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Examining works across two centuries, this book recounts the novel's rise, told from the perspective of the ship's deck and the allure of the oceans in the modern cultural imagination.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cohen, Margaret, 1958-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Woodstock : Princeton University Press, 2013.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Seafaring life in literature.
Sea stories, English.
Sailors in literature.
Naval art and science in literature.
Adventure stories, English.
Literature.
Adventure stories, English > History and criticism.
Sea stories, English > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: seafaring odysseus
  • The mariner's craft
  • Remarkable occurrences at sea and in the novel
  • Sea adventure fiction, 1748-1824?
  • Sea fiction in the nineteenth century: patriots, pirates, and supermen
  • Sea fiction beyond the seas.

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