To Swear Like a Sailor: Maritime Culture in America, 1750-1850

ISBN-13: 9780521762359 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 394 str.

Paul A. Gilje

Opis

This book explores American maritime world, including cursing, language, logbooks, storytelling, sailor songs, reading, and material culture.

Recenzje

'… a wide-ranging look at the culture of the common seaman and its connections to mainstream culture ashore through an extensive examination of print, literary, and material culture of the period, with particular emphasis on the mariner's own voice in logbooks, journals, and personal narratives. … In examining successively the language, writing, yarning, singing, reading, and artistry of the seaman, Gilje achieves both a portrait of the American sailor and a history of nationalism in the early Republic.' Kathryn Mudgett, Early American Literature

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. To swear like a sailor; 2. The language of Jack Tar; 3. The logbook of memory; 4. Spinning yarns; 5. Songs of the sailorman; 6. The pirates' own book; 7. Tar-stained images; Epilogue. The sea chest.