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  1. Antebellum at sea
    maritime fantasies in nineteenth-century America
    Published: c2012
    Publisher:  Univ. of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, Minn.

    Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Haus Potsdamer Straße
    1 A 891715
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    Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen
    2014 A 18628
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    2013 A 7827
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    Klassik Stiftung Weimar / Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek
    HT 1691 B496
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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9780816677061; 9780816677078; 0816677069; 0816677077
    RVK Categories: HT 1691
    Series: Array
    Subjects: Sea stories, American; American literature; Seafaring life in literature; National characteristics, American, in literature
    Other subjects: Array; Array; Seafaring life in literature; National characteristics, American, in literature
    Scope: X, 338 S, Ill, 23 cm
    Notes:

    Formerly CIP Uk. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Introduction: Bewitching sea -- Fantasies of the common sailor; or, enjoying the knowing Jack Tar -- Tarrying with the national: fantasizing the subject of state -- Tattoos in Typee: rethinking Melville's "cultural grotesque" -- Melville's porno-tropics: re-sexuating pacific encounters -- The crater and the master's reign: Cooper's "floating imperium" -- The sublime abject of democracy: Melville's "floating imperium" -- Epilogue: Incomplete sea

    Includes bibliographical references and index

    Introduction: Bewitching seaFantasies of the common sailor; or, enjoying the knowing Jack Tar -- Tarrying with the national: fantasizing the subject of state -- Tattoos in Typee: rethinking Melville's "cultural grotesque" -- Melville's porno-tropics: re-sexuating pacific encounters -- The crater and the master's reign: Cooper's "floating imperium" -- The sublime abject of democracy: Melville's "floating imperium" -- Epilogue: Incomplete sea.