Maritime Fiction: Sailors and the Sea in British and American Novels, 1719-1917
Автор
John Peck
Год
2001
Страниц
226
ISBN
ISBN10:0333793579
Издатель
Palgrave Macmillan
Описание:
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.