The Sea Voyage Narrative

1. Auflage 2001
ISBN: 978-0-415-93894-5
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 402 g

Reihe: Genres in Context

From The Odyssey to Moby Dick to The Old Man and the Sea, the long tradition of sea voyage narratives is comprehensively explained here supported by discussions of key texts.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Foulke, Robert

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Geschichte der Schifffahrt
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface Acknowledgments Chronology Chapter One The Nature of Voyaging Chapter Two Navigation and the Oral Tradition: The Odyssey Chapter Three Voyages of Discovery: Columbus and Cook Chapter Four The Sea Quest: Moby-Dick and The Old Man and the Sea Chapter Five Voyages of Endurance: The Nigger of Narcissus Chapter Six Postscript: Voyage Narratives in the Twentieth Century Notes and References Bibliographic Essay Recommended Titles Index

Über Autor(innen)

Robert Foulke is Professor Emeritus at Skidmore College. He is on the advisory board of the Oxford Encyclopedia of Maritime History and is the editor of the Cambridge University Press edition of Joseph Conrad's The Mirror of the Sea