Maritime Fiction: Sailors and the Sea in British and American Novels, 1719-1917
Year: 2001 Language: english Author: John Peck Genre: Fiction Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan ISBN: 9780333793572,0333793579 Format: PDF Quality: eBook Pages count: 225 Description: In this important new study, John Peck examines the cultural significance of maritime novels from Defoe to Conrad. Focusing in particular on the image of the body, he illustrates how these works are built around the disparity between the masculine and often brutal regime of the ship and the civilized values of those who remain on the shore. The first comprehensive discussion of its subject, Maritime Fiction is an original exploration of the relationship between national identity, fiction, and the sea.
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Maritime Fiction: Sailors and the Sea in British and American Novels, 1719-1917
Language: english
Author: John Peck
Genre: Fiction
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN: 9780333793572,0333793579
Format: PDF
Quality: eBook
Pages count: 225
Description: In this important new study, John Peck examines the cultural significance of maritime novels from Defoe to Conrad. Focusing in particular on the image of the body, he illustrates how these works are built around the disparity between the masculine and often brutal regime of the ship and the civilized values of those who remain on the shore. The first comprehensive discussion of its subject, Maritime Fiction is an original exploration of the relationship between national identity, fiction, and the sea.
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