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Patrick O'Brian's bodies at sea : sex, drugs and the physical form in the Aubrey-Maturin novels
- Title
- Patrick O'Brian's bodies at sea : sex, drugs and the physical form in the Aubrey-Maturin novels / Michael Leigh Sinowitz.
- Author
- Sinowitz, Michael Leigh
- Publication
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 14-6840 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- viii, 199 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- "An exploration of the complex roles that bodies--both literally and figuratively--play in the 21 volume Aubrey-Maturin novels reveals much about the novels' meditation on the dichotomy of mind and body"--
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: Toes to the line -- Against type: the problem of bodies and genre -- Scars, history, and historical fiction -- "The virtuous shrub": the drug problem -- Sex at sea, at sea with sex -- The captain's bodies: desolation island, a case study -- Conclusion: Weighing anchor.
- Call Number
- JFE 14-6840
- ISBN
- 9780786475551 (softcover : alk. paper)
- 0786475552 (softcover : alk. paper)
- 9781476614847 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2014024052
- OCLC
- 864097223
- Author
- Sinowitz, Michael Leigh, author.
- Title
- Patrick O'Brian's bodies at sea : sex, drugs and the physical form in the Aubrey-Maturin novels / Michael Leigh Sinowitz.
- Publisher
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 14-6840