ENGL 0410H - Mariners, Renegades, and Castaways: American Fiction and the Romance of the Sea

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Brown University

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Examines one of the most distinctive of literary genres: the sea novel. Ostensibly stories of mystery and adventure, these texts are also meticulous accounts of working life at sea. Reads a number of well-known and lesser known American tales of the sea, including Poe's The Adventures of A. Gordon Pym, Melville's Moby-Dick, London's The Sea-Wolf, and Crane's "The Open Boat."

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1.00

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Lecture

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www.brown.edu

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(401) 863-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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