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'And then went down to the ship.' Thus, with a nod to Homer, Ezra Pound began his own epic odyssey through world literature and the modern world. There is no literature without a departure, a setting forth; and very often that has meant leaving the land for the more uncertain world of the sea.
Many great writers have written about life at sea and the adventures that are to be had, and in this new selection of short stories Tony Tanner's aim has been to avoid the obvious and where possible to seek out their more neglected works. As a separate and recognizable genre, the sea story was effectively invented by American writers and they are well represented, with contributions from Edgar Allan Poe, Stephen Crane, Jack London, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and William Faulkner.
From Herman Melville (who wrote no short stories) we read his account of the final three days of the chase of Moby-Dick, which concludes that novel and is one of the high points in American literature.
Rudyard Kipling, H. G. Wells, John Masefield, E. M. Forster, Malcolm Lowry, and Peter Ustinov are some of the British authors in the collection. Although not British in origin, the greatest of all writers in sea fiction is Joseph Conrad, the only writer to be represented by two stories: 'Initiation', which begins the volume, and 'The Secret Sharer', in which he charts one of the most extraordinary relationships between man at sea ever imagined and analysed.
In his Introduction Tony Tanner seeks to explore and establish the particular qualities that emerge when writing takes to the waters and we, as readers, are offered what Conrad called his 'paper boats'. This wide-ranging collection of stories will prove absorbing and thoroughly entertaining reading for anyone with an interest in the sea and its literature.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [407]-408).
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Initiation / Joseph Conrad --
The voyage / Washington Irving --
Descent into the Maelstrom / Edgar Allan Poe --
I have been drowned / Tom Hopkinson --
Mocha Dick / J.N. Reynolds --
The chase / Herman Melville --
A tragedy of error / Henry James --
High-water mark / Francis Bret Harte --
The open boat / Stephen Crane --
Make westing / Jack London --
A matter of fact / Rudyard Kipling --
In the abyss / H.G. Wells --
The cruise of the willing mind / A.E.W. Mason --
The terror of the sea caves / Charles G.D. Roberts --
False colours / W.W. Jacobs --
The secret sharer / Joseph Conrad --
The ghost ship / Richard Middleton --
Ambitious Jimmy Hicks / John Masefield --
Poor old man! / A.E. Dingle --
Easting down / Shalimar --
The story of the siren / E.M. Forster --
The rough crossing / F. Scott Fitzgerald --
After the storm / Earnest Hemingway --
The bravest boat / Malcolm Lowry --
The boy stood on the burning deck / C.S. Forester --
Turnabout / William Faulkner --
The frontiers of the sea / Peter Ustinov.
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