Maritime Novel
Session 4 - Saturday 3:00-4:30pm
Henry Hall 107
Presiding Officer:
Beverly Voloshin -
Sailor Talk, Cannibal Talk, and Missionary Talk in the Maritime Novels of Melville, Conrad, Stevenson, and London. Mary K Bercaw Edwards, University of Connecticut
An investigation of the spoken discourses encountered by Herman Melville, Joseph Conrad, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Jack London in the South Pacific and how sailor talk, cannibal talk, and missionary talk shaped the action, understanding, and language of their novels.
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Refashioning the Rule of Law: The Ocean and Pirate Ship as States of Exception in Maxwell Philip's Emmanuel Appadocca. Lisa M. Thomas, University of California, San Diego
My paper critiques notions of revenge, justice, and law in Maxwell Philip's 1854 maritime novel, Emmanuel Appadocca, which is the story of a mulatto son’s turn to piracy in his quest for revenge against his white slave-owning father.
Session Type:
Special Session
Session Status:
Closed 
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