Seaing through the past : postmodern histories and the maritime metaphor in contemporary Anglophone fiction

Seaing through the past : postmodern histories and the maritime metaphor in contemporary Anglophone fiction / Joanna Rostek.

From Daniel Defoe to Joseph Conrad, from Virginia Woolf to Derek Walcott, the sea has always been an inspiring setting and a powerful symbol for generations of British and Anglophone writers. Seaing through the Past is the first study to explicitly address the enduring relevance of the maritime meta...

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Main Author: Rostek, Joanna
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; New York, NY : Rodopi, ©2011.
Series:Postmodern studies ; 47.
Subjects:
1900-2099
Sea in literature.
Ocean travel in literature.
Seafaring life in literature.
English literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
English fiction > 21st century > History and criticism.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English fiction
English literature
Ocean travel in literature
Sea in literature
Seafaring life in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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