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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786930703321

Autore

Nash Andrew <1972->

Titolo

William Clark Russell and the Victorian nautical novel : gender, genre and the marketplace / / by Andrew Nash [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Pickering & Chatto, , 2014

ISBN

1-315-65478-4

1-317-32011-5

1-78144-017-4

1-317-32010-7

1-78144-414-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 231 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Literary texts and the popular marketplace ; ; number 6

Disciplina

823.8

Soggetti

Sea stories, English - History and criticism

English fiction - 19th century - History and criticism

Literature and society - Great Britain - History - 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Sailor and writer -- Writing as a woman -- Finding the sea -- Writing the sea: genre and theme -- Writing the sea: women and gender -- Marketing the sea: serials -- Marketing the sea: books and publishers.

Sommario/riassunto

William Clark Russell wrote more than forty nautical novels. Immensely popular in their time, his works were admired by many contemporary writers including Conan Doyle, Stevenson, Meredith and Swinburne. His most famous novel <i>The Wreck of the Grosvenor</i> has rarely been out of print since its first publication in 1877.  Based on extensive archival research, Nash explores this remarkable career, from Russell's early unsuccessful attempts to write 'female' sensation novels until he found his true <i>métier</i>. Illuminating such themes as gender ideology, the emergence of genre fiction and the influence of the marketplace on authorship, Nash places Russell's work at the centre of current debates on late Victorian literature and book history.