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THE STORY OF THE VOYAGE
SEA-NARRATIVES IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY ENGLAND |
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Philip Edwards, Howard Erskine-Hill, John Richetti |
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| ISBN 10: |
0521604265 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780521604260 |
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| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
22 March, 2004 |
| Series: |
Cambridge Studies in Eighteenth-Century English Literature & Thought No. 24 |
| Pages: |
268 |
| Description: |
Study of voyage narratives, including Cook and Bligh, set in the context of British imperialism. |
| Synopsis: |
This is the first full study of one of the most popular and extensive forms of eighteenth-century literature, the voyage narrative. It illustrates the wide variety of published and unpublished material in this field, from self-satisfied official accounts to the little-known narratives of victims of the press-gang. It includes a survey of writings about the Pacific - including Cook's voyages and Bligh and The Bounty; there is a major new study of William Dampier, studies of writings about the slave-trade, and accounts of seamen and passengers, including Fielding and Mary Wollstonecraft. This is a book about writing, rather than exploration and adventure, dealing with the devious routes from the actuality of experience to the production of self-serving narratives. These are narratives of energy, vitality and interest, set within the context of British competitive sea-going imperialism. |
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11 b/w illus. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press |
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Returnable |