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In this important new study, John Peck examines the cultural significance of maritime novels from Defoe through 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 civilised 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.

Maritime Fiction: Sailors and the Sea in British and American Novels, 1719-1917

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In this important new study, John Peck examines the cultural significance of maritime novels from Defoe through to Conrad. Focusing... Read more

    Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
    Publication Date: 01/01/2001
    ISBN13: 9781349419845, 978-1349419845
    ISBN10: 1349419842

    Number of Pages: 214

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    In this important new study, John Peck examines the cultural significance of maritime novels from Defoe through 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 civilised 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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