Various aspects of mimesis in selected sea novels of frederick marryat, james f. cooper and richard h. dana
Auteur :
Mstowska, Joanna
Éditeur :
Peter Lang AG
ISBN :
9783631625149
Date de publication :
31 janv. 2013
Dimensions :
21,0 x 14,8 cm
Poids :
290 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Suisse
The study demonstrates that the reading of nineteenth-century sea novels through the lens of twentieth-century theories, regarded as variations on the concept of mimesis, may lead to re-evaluation of the long forgotten texts, which proved inspiring to some of the most prominent nautical writers, among others Joseph Conrad and Herman Melville.