The Oxford Book of Sea Stories (Oxford Books of Prose)

by TonyTanner (Editor)

• Used

  Paperback
  2002

  $13.99

  There is no literature without a departure, a setting forth; and very often that has meant leaving the land for the more uncertain world of the sea. Many great writers have written about life at sea - this collection presents some of their more neglected works.

• Used

  Paperback
  1995

  $3.40

  Many great writers have written about life at sea and the adventures befalling sailors. In this selection of short stories, the editor's aim has been to avoid the obvious and where possible to seek out more neglected works. The authors covered range from Edgar Allan Poe, Stephen Crane, Jack London, Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner and Herman Melville to Joseph Conrad, Rudyard Kipling, H.G. Wells and Peter Ustinov. In his introduction, Tony Tanner seeks to explore and establish the particular qualities that emerge when writing takes to the waters.

• New

  Paperback
  2002

  $33.33

  There is no literature without a departure, a setting forth; and very often that has meant leaving the land for the more uncertain world of the sea. Many great writers have written about life at sea - this collection presents some of their more neglected works.