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The Story of the Voyage
Philip Edwards
其他書名
Sea-Narratives in Eighteenth-Century England
出版Cambridge University Press, 1994
主題Literary Criticism / European / EasternLiterary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, WelshLiterary Criticism / RenaissanceLiterary Criticism / Subjects & Themes / GeneralTravel / Essays & Travelogues
ISBN05216042659780521604260
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=4-Beq7fldc0C&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋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 It illustrates the wide variety of published and unpublished material in this field, from self-satisfied official accounts to the little-known narratives of victims of the press-gang.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.