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Preserving the Self in the South Seas, 1680-1840 (Paperback, 2nd ed.) Loot Price: R1,083
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Preserving the Self in the South Seas, 1680-1840 (Paperback, 2nd ed.): Jonathan Lamb

Preserving the Self in the South Seas, 1680-1840 (Paperback, 2nd ed.)

Jonathan Lamb

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The violence, wonder, and nostalgia of voyaging are nowhere more vivid than in the literature of South Seas exploration. "Preserving the Self in the South Seas" charts the sensibilities of the lonely figures that encountered the new and exotic in terra incognita. Jonathan Lamb introduces us to the writings of South Seas explorers, and finds in them unexpected and poignant tales of selves alarmed and transformed.
Lamb contends that European exploration of the South Seas was less confident and mindful than we have assumed. It was, instead, conducted in moods of distraction and infatuation that were hard to make sense of and difficult to narrate, and it prompted reactions among indigenous peoples that were equally passionate and irregular. "Preserving the Self in the South Seas" also examines these common crises of exploration in the context of a metropolitan audience that eagerly consumed narratives of the Pacific while doubting their truth. Lamb considers why these halting and incredible journals were so popular with the reading public, and suggests that they dramatized anxieties and bafflements rankling at the heart of commercial society.

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Imprint: University of Chicago Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: June 2001
First published: June 2001
Authors: Jonathan Lamb
Dimensions: 228 x 159 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 328
Edition: 2nd ed.
ISBN-13: 978-0-226-46849-5
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 16th to 18th centuries
Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 19th century
Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General
Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General
Books > Humanities > History > Australasian & Pacific history > General
Books > Sport & Leisure > Travel & holiday > Travel writing > Classic travel writing
Books > History > Australasian & Pacific history > General
Books > History > British & Irish history > General
Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
Books > Travel > Travel writing > Classic travel writing
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LSN: 0-226-46849-6
Barcode: 9780226468495

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