Novel and the sea /
Margaret Cohen
- New Jersey Princeton University Press 2013
- 306 p.
For a century, the history of the novel has been written in terms of nations and territories: the English novel, the French novel, the American novel. But what if novels were viewed in terms of the seas that unite these different lands? Examining works across two centuries, The Novel and the Sea recounts the novel's rise, told from the perspective.
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Naval art and science in literature Seafaring life in literature Sailors in literature Sea stories -- History and criticism Adventure stories -- English