William Clark Russell and the Victorian Nautical Novel: Gender, Genre and the Marketplace

William Clark Russell and the Victorian Nautical Novel: Gender, Genre and the Marketplace

Andrew Nash
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Author:  Andrew Nash
Condition:  New
Format:  Hardback
Pages:  256
Publisher:  Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year:  2014
ISBN:  9781848933767

William Clark Russell wrote more than forty nautical novels. Immensely popular in their time, his works were admired by contemporary writers, such as Conan Doyle, Stevenson and Meredith, while Swinburne, considered him 'the greatest master of the sea, living or dead'. Based on extensive archival research, Nash explores this remarkable career.

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