The sea voyage narrative / Robert Foulke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Foulke, Robert, 1930, author.

Series:

Genres in context.

Genres in context

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Travel in literature.

Voyages and travels.

Literature--History and criticism.

Literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxv, 244 p. ) ill., facsims., map, port.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2011.

Summary:

From The Odyssey to The Old Man and the Sea, the long tradition of sea voyage narratives is comprehensively explained here, including a full historical perspective supported by discussions of key texts.

From The Odyssey to Moby Dick to The Old Man and the Sea , the long tradition of sea voyage narratives is comprehensively explained here supported by discussions of key texts. From The Odyssey to Moby Dick to The Old Man and the Sea , the long tradition of sea voyage narratives is comprehensively explained here supported by discussions of key texts.

Contents:

Table of Contents. Preface. Acknowledgements. Chronology. 1. The Nature of Voyaging 2. Navigation and the Oral Tradition: The Odyssey 3. Voyages of Discovery: Columbus and Cook 4. The Sea Quest: Moby Dick and The Old Man and the Sea 5. Voyages of Endurance: The Nigger of Narcissus 6. Postscript: Voyage Narratives in the Twenteith-Century.

Notes:

Originally published by Twayne, 1997.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 13, 2013).

ISBN:

1-135-36643-8

0-415-93894-5

0-203-95357-6

1-135-36636-5

9780203953570

OCLC:

868972594