Title: Maritime fiction
First published: 2001
Description: "In this study, John Peck examines the cultural significance of maritime novels from Defoe through to Conrad. Focusing in particular on the image of the body, he illustrates how these works are built around the disparity between the masculine and often brutal regime of the ship and the civilized values of those who remain on the shore. It is an exploration of the relationship between national identity, fiction and the sea."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: American Sea stories, English Sea stories, History and criticism, Naval art and science, Naval art and science in literature, Sailors in literature, Sea in literature, Sea stories, American, Sea stories, English, Seafaring life in literature, Sea stories, history and criticism
Places: English-speaking countries
LC classification: PR830.S4 P43 2001