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The story of the voyage : sea-narratives in eighteenth-century England

Philip Edwards (Author)
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 It illustrates the wide variety of published and unpublished material in this field, from self-satisfied official accounts to the little-known narratives of victims of the press-gang.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
Print Book, English, 1994
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1994
Criticism, interpretation, etc
x, 244 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780521413015, 9780521604260, 052141301X, 0521604265
29634181
1. Introduction
2. William Dampier
3. A disconsolate black albatross
4. The wreck of the Wager
5. Dr Hawkesworth at sea
6. Cook and the Forsters
7. The silence of Fletcher Christian
8. The slave-trade
9. Passengers
10. Autobiographies
11. The infortunates
12. Conclusion
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