Author: Fletcher S. BassettPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
Legends and Superstitions of the Sea and of Sailors in All Lands and at All Times
Author: Fletcher S. BassettPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
Sailor Talk
Author: Mary K. Bercaw EdwardsPublisher: Studies in Port and Maritime H
ISBN: 1800859651
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
This book investigates the highly engaging topic of the literary and cultural significance of 'sailor talk.' The central argument is that sailor talk offers a way of rethinking the figure of the nineteenth-century sailor and sailor-writer, whose language articulated the rich, layered, and complex culture of sailors in port and at sea. From this argument many other compelling threads emerge, including questions relating to the seafarer's multifaceted identity, maritime labor, questions of performativity, the ship as 'theater, ' the varied and multiple registers of 'sailor talk, ' and the foundational role of maritime language in the lives and works of Herman Melville, Joseph Conrad, and Jack London. The book also includes nods to James Fenimore Cooper, Rudyard Kipling, and Robert Louis Stevenson. Meticulous scholarly research underpins the close readings of literary texts and the scrupulously detailed biographical accounts of three major sailor-writers. The author's own lived experience as a seafarer adds a refreshingly materialist dimension to the subtle literary readings. The book represents a valuable addition to a growing scholarly and political interest in the sea and sea literature. By taking the sailor's viewpoint and listening to sailors' voices, the book also marks a clear intervention in this developing field.
The United States Army and Navy Journal and Gazette of the Regular and Volunteer Forces
Author: The Journal of the Armed Forces
Author: The Athenaeum
Author: The Athenaeum
Author: James Silk BuckinghamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 896
Book Description
The Cumulative Book Index
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2284
Book Description
A world list of books in the English language.
Yesteryears
Author: Dictionary of Nature Myths
Author: Tamra AndrewsPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195136772
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Comprehensive and cross-referenced, this informative volume is a rich introduction to the world of nature as experienced by ancient peoples around the globe. 51 halftones.
Bram Stoker
Author: Phyllis A. RothPublisher: Boston : Twayne Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description