The novel and the sea /
Margaret Cohen.
- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2010.
- xiii, 306 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
- Translation/transnation .
- Translation/transnation. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-289) and index.
Introduction: seafaring odysseus -- The mariner's craft -- Remarkable occurrences at sea and in the novel -- Sea adventure fiction, 1748-1824? -- Sea fiction in the nineteenth century: patriots, pirates, and supermen -- Sea fiction beyond the seas.
Sea stories, English--History and criticism. Adventure stories, English--History and criticism. Naval art and science in literature. Seafaring life in literature. Sailors in literature.