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Maritime Fiction

Sailors and the Sea in British and American Novels, 1719-1917

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  • © 2001

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  1. John Peck

    1. Cardiff University, UK

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    • John Peck
    Pages 1-9

  3. Sea Stories

    • John Peck
    Pages 11-29

  4. Jane Austen’s Sailors

    • John Peck
    Pages 30-49

  5. Captain Marryat’s Navy

    • John Peck
    Pages 50-69

  6. Dickens and the Sea

    • John Peck
    Pages 70-88

  7. American Sea Fiction: Cooper, Poe, Dana

    • John Peck
    Pages 89-106

  8. Herman Melville

    • John Peck
    Pages 107-126

  9. Mid-Victorian Maritime Fiction

    • John Peck
    Pages 127-148

  10. Adventures at Sea

    • John Peck
    Pages 149-164

  11. Joseph Conrad

    • John Peck
    Pages 165-185

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 186-214
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About this book

In this important new 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 civilised values of those who remain on the shore. The first comprehensive discussion of its subject, Maritime Fiction is an original exploration of the relationship between national identity, fiction and the sea.

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This well-written and comprehensive study will interest all students and scholars of British and American literature culture. Choice

Authors and Affiliations

  • Cardiff University, UK

    John Peck

About the author

John Peck is now retired and was formerly Reader in Victorian Literature at Cardiff University, UK. With Martin Coyle he edits the Key Concepts series for Palgrave Macmillan.

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