William Clark Russell and the Victorian Nautical Novel - Gender, Genre and the Marketplace

Informationen zum Autor Andrew Nash is Associate Professor in English Literature and Director of Teaching and Learning for the School of Literature and Languages at the University of Reading. Klappentext William Clark Russell wrote more than forty nautical novels. Immensely popular in their time, his works were admired by contemporary writers, such as Conan Doyle, Stevenson and Meredith, while Swinburne, considered him 'the greatest master of the sea, living or dead'. Based on extensive archival research, Nash explores this remarkable career. Zusammenfassung William Clark Russell wrote more than forty nautical novels. Immensely popular in their time! his works were admired by contemporary writers! such as Conan Doyle! Stevenson and Meredith! while Swinburne! considered him 'the greatest master of the sea! living or dead'. Based on extensive archival research! Nash explores this remarkable career. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Sailor and Writer 2. Writing as a Woman 3. Finding the Sea 4. Writing the Sea: Genre and Theme 5. Writing the Sea: Women and Gender 6. Marketing the Sea: Serials 7. Marketing the Sea: Books and Publishers William Clark Russell: A Bibliography

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Nash, Nash Andrew
• Publisher: ASHGATE PUB CO
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2014
• EAN: 9781848933767
• ISBN: 978-1-84893-376-7
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Literary Texts and the Popular; Literary Texts and the Popular Marketplace; Literary Texts and the Popular
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, Literature: history & criticism, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literature: history and criticism