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Summary |
"Four thousand years of shipwrecks in literature and film"-- Provided by publisher |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Note |
Print version record. |
Contents |
1. Shipwreck Narratives -- 2. Shipwreck and Identity in Homer's Odyssey -- 3. Shipwreck and Opportunity from Ancient Egypt to the Modern Caribbean -- 4. The Struggle for Power in Shakespeare's The Tempest -- 5. Salvation, Power, and Freedom: Saint Paul, Caliban, and Voyages in Outer Space -- 6. Culture and Spiritual Rebirth in Defoe's Robinson Crusoe -- 7. The Struggle for Survival in Philoctetes, Cast Away, and First on Mars -- 8. Competing Narratives in Walcott's Pantomime and Coetzee's Foe -- 9. Conflict, the Common Good, and Redemption in The Mysterious Island, Lord of the Flies, Lost, and Gilligan's Island -- 10. Shipwreck and the Selling of Paradise. |
Language |
English. |
Subject |
Shipwrecks in literature.
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Disasters in literature.
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Shipwreck survival in literature.
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Naufrages dans la littérature.
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Catastrophes dans la littérature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Ancient & Classical.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Shakespeare.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Television -- History & Criticism.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary.
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Disasters in literature
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Shipwreck survival in literature
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Shipwrecks in literature
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Other Form: |
Print version: Morrison, James V., 1956- Shipwrecked. Ann Arbor : The University of Michigan Press, [2014] 9780472119202 (DLC) 2013045746 (OCoLC)844308454 |
ISBN |
0472120069 (electronic bk.) |
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9780472120062 (electronic bk.) |
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1306771005 |
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9781306771009 |
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9780472119202 (hardback) |
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0472119206 (hardback) |
Standard No. |
10.3998/mpub.5626042 |
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AU@ 000053000977 |
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DEBBG BV042154240 |
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DEBBG BV044185313 |
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GBVCP 1003767702 |
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