Beschreibung
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
, 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.
Autorenportrait
Joanna Mstowska (PhD) is a lecturer in the Department of English at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toru?. Her academic interests include British and American sea novels. She is also interested in comparative studies of British and Italian fiction, especially by Joseph Conrad and Luigi Pirandello.
Inhalt
Contents: Frederick Marryat’s
(1839) – James F. Cooper’s
(1828) – Richard H. Dana’s
(1840) – René Girard’s mimetic desire – Luigi Pirandello’s mimetic form – Meyer H. Abrams‘ mimetic mirror.
