The Story of the Voyage: Sea-Narratives in Eighteenth-Century EnglandCambridge University Press, 1994 - 244 หน้า 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 It illustrates the wide variety of published and unpublished material in this field, from self-satisfied official accounts to the little-known narratives of victims of the press-gang.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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Introduction | |
The wreck of the Wager | 52 |
Dr Hawkesworth at sea | 79 |
Cook and the Forsters | 101 |
The silence of Fletcher Christian | 124 |
The slavetrade | 142 |
Passengers | 165 |
Autobiographies | 186 |
The infortunates | 203 |
Conclusion | 218 |
Bibliography | 225 |
Index | 234 |
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The Story of the Voyage: Sea-Narratives in Eighteenth-Century England Philip Edwards ชมบางส่วนของหนังสือ - 1994 |
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