Description: Sailor Talk : Labor, Utterance, and Meaning in the Works of Melville, Conrad, and London, Hardcover by Edwards, Mary K. Bercaw, ISBN 1800859651, ISBN-13 9781800859654, Brand New, Free shipping in the US 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. From this argument many other compelling threads emerge, including questions relating to the seafarer's multifaceted identity, maritime labor, questions of performativity, the ship as 'theater,' the varied and multiple registers of 'sailor talk,' and the foundational role of maritime language in the lives and works of Herman Melville, Joseph Conrad, and Jack London. Th also includes nods to James Fenimore Cooper, Rudyard Kipling, and Robert Louis Stevenson. Meticulous scholarly research underpins the close readings of literary texts and the scrupulously detailed biographical accounts of three major sailor-writers. The author's own lived experience as a seafarer adds a refreshingly materialist dimension to the subtle literary readings. Th represents a valuable addition to a growing scholarly and political interest in the sea and sea literature. By taking the sailor's viewpoint and listening to sailors' voices, th also marks a clear intervention in this developing field.
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Book Title: Sailor Talk : Labor, Utterance, and Meaning in the Works of Melvi
Number of Pages: 296 Pages
Publication Name: Sailor Talk : Labor, Utterance, and Meaning in the Works of Melville, Conrad, and London
Language: English
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Item Height: 1 in
Publication Year: 2021
Subject: Comparative Literature, Modern / 19th Century, Maritime History & Piracy
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 12.3 Oz
Subject Area: Literary Criticism, History
Item Length: 9.3 in
Author: Mary K. Bercaw Edwards
Series: Studies in Port and Maritime History Ser.
Item Width: 6.4 in
Format: Hardcover
