Spindrift: Salt from the Ocean of English Prose

Voorkant
Cambridge University Press, 28 mrt 2013 - 434 pagina's
Sir Geoffrey Callender (1875-1946) was a British naval historian who was the first director of the National Maritime Museum. In this collection, which was first published in 1915, Callender presents a series of pieces written by various 'masters of English prose' relating to maritime themes. The pieces are presented, as far as knowledge permits, in the order of their composition or publication, beginning with John Wycliffe's 'The story of Jonah' and finishing with James Anthony Froude's 'Drake'. Detailed notes are contained throughout the text, providing linguistic clarification and contextual information where necessary. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in English prose writing and writing about the sea.
 

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The Story of Jonah
1
SIR THOMAS MALORY
8
CARDINAL WOLSEY
14
JOHN LYLY
24
VI
51
FRANCIS BACON
71
LORD HERBERT OF CHERBURY
72
AUTHORIZED VERSION OF THE BIBLE
80
ROBERT SOUTHEY
237
The Making of a Pirate
248
WASHINGTON IRVING
259
II
265
IV
274
V
280
MICHAEL SCOTT
286
THOMAS CARLYLE
294

SIR THOMAS OVERBURY
87
The Restoration of Charles II
93
JOHN EVELYN
116
LORD CLARENDON
125
WILLIAM WYCHERLEY
136
WILLIAM CONGREVE
142
SIR RICHARD STEELE PAGE
149
DANIEL DEFOE
155
JONATHAN SWIFT
172
TOBIAS SMOLLETT
180
HENRY FIELDING
207
JAMES MACPHERSON
216
EDMUND BURKE
225
EDGAR ALLAN
301
II
311
GEORGE BORROW PAGE
327
LORD MACAULAY
339
CHARLES DICKENS
347
JOHN RUSKIN
357
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR
367
CHARLES KINGSLEY
379
THOMAS DE QUINCEY
394
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY
403
JAMES ANTHONY FROUDE
409
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