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  1. Unsettled narratives
    the Pacific writings of Stevenson, Ellis, Melville and London
    Published: c2007
    Publisher:  Routledge, New York

    Acknowledgments ix. Introduction: The Written Pacific 1 (14). ``Talk languished on the beach'': The Possibility of Reciprocity in Robert Louis Stevenson's In the South Seas. 15 (58). ``These words are so changed in a native's mouth'': Contested... more

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    Acknowledgments ix. Introduction: The Written Pacific 1 (14). ``Talk languished on the beach'': The Possibility of Reciprocity in Robert Louis Stevenson's In the South Seas. 15 (58). ``These words are so changed in a native's mouth'': Contested Frames in William Ellis's Polynesian Researches. 73 (44). ``Typee or Happar?'': The Unsettling Narrative of Typee. 117 (56). ``This is the Book I write'': Jack London's Strictly Limited Body. 173 (54). Conclusion: Ambivalence and Authorship 227 (6). Notes 233 (32). Works Cited 265 (8). Index

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 041597951X; 9780415979511
    Series: Literary criticism and cultural theory
    Subjects: Travelers' writings, English; Travelers' writings, American; Travel in literature
    Other subjects: Ellis, William (1794-1872): Polynesian researches during a residence of nearly eight years in the Society and Sandwich Islands; Stevenson, Robert Louis (1850-1894): In the South Seas; London, Jack (1876-1916): Cruise of the Snark; Melville, Herman (1819-1891): Typee
    Scope: Online-Ressource (x, 277 p), 24 cm
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    Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-272) and index

    Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web

    Front cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Written Pacific; Chapter One. ""Talk languished on the beach"": The Possibility of Reciprocity in Robert Louis Stenenson's In the South Seas; Chapter Two. ""These words are so changed in a native's mouth"": Contested Frames in William Ellis's Polynesian Researches; Chapter Three. ""Typee or Happar?"": The Unsettling Narrative of Typee; Chapter Four. ""This is the book I write"": Jack London's Strictly Limited Body; Conclusion: Ambivalence and Authorship; Notes; Works Cited; Index; Back cover