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William Clark Russell and the Victorian nautical novel : gender, genre and the marketplace / by Andrew Nash.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nash, Andrew, 1972- author.
- Series:
- Literary texts and the popular marketplace ; no. 6.
- Literary texts and the popular marketplace ; number 6
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Russell, William Clark, 1844-1911.
- Russell, William Clark.
- Sea stories, English--History and criticism.
- Sea stories, English.
- English fiction--19th century--History and criticism.
- English fiction.
- Literature and society--Great Britain--History--19th century.
- Literature and society.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 231 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- William Clark Russell & the Victorian Nautical Novel
- Place of Publication:
- London : Pickering & Chatto, 2014.
- Summary:
- William Clark Russell wrote more than forty nautical novels. Immensely popular in their time, his works were admired by many contemporary writers including Conan Doyle, Stevenson, Meredith and Swinburne. His most famous novel <i>The Wreck of the Grosvenor</i> has rarely been out of print since its first publication in 1877. Based on extensive archival research, Nash explores this remarkable career, from Russell's early unsuccessful attempts to write 'female' sensation novels until he found his true <i>métier</i>. Illuminating such themes as gender ideology, the emergence of genre fiction and the influence of the marketplace on authorship, Nash places Russell's work at the centre of current debates on late Victorian literature and book history.
- Contents:
- Sailor and writer
- Writing as a woman
- Finding the sea
- Writing the sea: genre and theme
- Writing the sea: women and gender
- Marketing the sea: serials
- Marketing the sea: books and publishers.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781315654782
- 1315654784
- 9781317320111
- 1317320115
- 9781781440179
- 1781440174
- 9781317320104
- 1317320107
- 9781781444146
- 1781444145
- OCLC:
- 958107819
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