Sailor Talk Labor, Utterance, And Meaning In The Works Of Melville, Conrad, And London 1 Studies In Port And Maritime History

Sailor Talk Labor, Utterance, And Meaning In The Works Of Melville, Conrad, And London 1 Studies In Port And Maritime History
This book investigates the highly engaging topic of the literary and cultural significance of 'sailor talk.' The central argument is that sailor talk offers a way of rethinking the figure of the nineteenth-century sailor and sailor-writer, whose language articulated the rich, layered, and complex culture of sailors in port and at sea.
Nº de Páginas: 296
Encadernação: Capa Dura / Hardback
Tema: Literature: history & criticism