The View from the Masthead: Maritime Imagination and Antebellum American Sea Narratives

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2008
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Exploring the contribution of sailors to literary culture, this book analyzes seamen's libraries, Barbary captivity narratives, naval memoirs, writings about the Galapagos Islands, Melville's sea vision, and the crisis of death and burial at sea.

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Exploring the contribution of sailors to literary culture, this book analyzes seamen's libraries, Barbary captivity narratives, naval memoirs, writings about the Galapagos Islands, Melville's sea vision, and the crisis of death and burial at sea.

$45.71

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 288
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: 15 Feb 2008
ISBN 10: 0807858552
ISBN 13: 9780807858554

The View from the Masthead: Maritime Imagination and Antebellum American Sea Narratives

New

$45.71

Synopsis

$45.71

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