American Sea Writing: A Literary Anthology (Library of America)
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| Rating | : | 4.16 (902 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1883011833 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 640 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-04-01 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
A collection of 67 stories by 67 authors, including : Washington Irving, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Edgar Allen Poe, Herman Melville, Walt Whitman, Mark Twain, Jack London, Rachel Carson, Marianne Moore, and more.Edited by Peter Neill with a foreward by Nathaniel Philbrick.
Stunning! Gregory R. Glau A terrific collection of stories and tales and poems about the sea, from all the usual suspects plus some you might not have thought of--Thoreau, for example, on the wreak of an immigrant ship, or Langston Hughes on his trip on an old cargo ship to Africa--and some you won't have read but really should--like Fanny Kemble's diary notes on her trip "over" to the new world, and what the weather was like, how the food was, who she met and what they spoke of this is a magnificant collection of American authors.. Marvelous collection! Finding this terrific anthology is like unearthing a treasure chest filled with the most precious materials. I am currently using it as a required book in my Rutgers University--Newark course "American Literature and the Marine Environment," and I couldn't be more pleased with the tremendous variety it offers.. "Five Stars" according to Dave S. This is a great collection of writings related to the sea.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc. This amalgam of fiction and nonfiction includes short stories and excerpts from novels, dramas, diaries, and journals from such authors as Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Herman Melville, Stephen Crane, Jack London, Eugene O'Neill, Ernest Hemingway, Rachel Carson, and Peter Matthiessen, among others. From Library Journal The publisher reached way back into the archives of American literature for this collection, beginning with William Strachey's 1609 accoun