Raymond P. Scheindlin
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- September 2008
- ISBN:
- 9780195315424
- eISBN:
- 9780199872039
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195315424.003.0010
- Subject:
- Religion, Judaism
Nine poems describe Halevi’s ocean voyage and his mental state during its course. They display his ambivalence between missing his family and longing for his goal; his fear that the Holy Land will ...
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Nine poems describe Halevi’s ocean voyage and his mental state during its course. They display his ambivalence between missing his family and longing for his goal; his fear that the Holy Land will not be a sufficient compensation for his losses; and his resolve to put himself fully into God’s hands. Several poems describe storms at sea, the terror they instill, and the opportunity they afford to put one’s trust of God to the test. The final poem is a hymn of thanksgiving for a safe arrival, probably written not on conclusion of the voyage but in anticipation of its successful conclusion.Less
Nine poems describe Halevi’s ocean voyage and his mental state during its course. They display his ambivalence between missing his family and longing for his goal; his fear that the Holy Land will not be a sufficient compensation for his losses; and his resolve to put himself fully into God’s hands. Several poems describe storms at sea, the terror they instill, and the opportunity they afford to put one’s trust of God to the test. The final poem is a hymn of thanksgiving for a safe arrival, probably written not on conclusion of the voyage but in anticipation of its successful conclusion.
Mushirul Hasan
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- October 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780198063117
- eISBN:
- 9780199080199
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198063117.003.0020
- Subject:
- History, Indian History
The author narrates his departure from Calcutta. He arrived at Kedjeree and embarked on board a vessel bound to Denmark. He describes the ship as well as the character of the captain and officers. ...
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The author narrates his departure from Calcutta. He arrived at Kedjeree and embarked on board a vessel bound to Denmark. He describes the ship as well as the character of the captain and officers. The ship sailed to the mouth of the river. There was an embargo. An English vessel burned while at anchor — plundered by the Danish captain. The French frigate La Forte was captured by an English frigate, both of which passed up the river. The embargo was eventually taken off. The author proceeded on his voyage.Less
The author narrates his departure from Calcutta. He arrived at Kedjeree and embarked on board a vessel bound to Denmark. He describes the ship as well as the character of the captain and officers. The ship sailed to the mouth of the river. There was an embargo. An English vessel burned while at anchor — plundered by the Danish captain. The French frigate La Forte was captured by an English frigate, both of which passed up the river. The embargo was eventually taken off. The author proceeded on his voyage.
Mushirul Hasan
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- October 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780198063117
- eISBN:
- 9780199080199
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198063117.003.0005
- Subject:
- History, Indian History
The author describes his arrival at Nantz, France, and his travel to England. At Nantz, a French town, the poor people who dealt in every commodity approached him and his group and offered different ...
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The author describes his arrival at Nantz, France, and his travel to England. At Nantz, a French town, the poor people who dealt in every commodity approached him and his group and offered different kinds of fruit, bread, and fresh butter for sale. The sailors, who had not seen this fare for six months, were very happy to see their native land. The author remained in Nantz for sixteen days, after which Captain S. and Mr. Peacock set out post in a carriage for England. After a week's voyage, they arrived at Calais and then reached England in one day, at the small sea-port of Dover.Less
The author describes his arrival at Nantz, France, and his travel to England. At Nantz, a French town, the poor people who dealt in every commodity approached him and his group and offered different kinds of fruit, bread, and fresh butter for sale. The sailors, who had not seen this fare for six months, were very happy to see their native land. The author remained in Nantz for sixteen days, after which Captain S. and Mr. Peacock set out post in a carriage for England. After a week's voyage, they arrived at Calais and then reached England in one day, at the small sea-port of Dover.
Alice Fox
- Published in print:
- 1990
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198129882
- eISBN:
- 9780191671876
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198129882.003.0002
- Subject:
- Literature, 20th-century Literature and Modernism, 16th-century and Renaissance Literature
This chapter narrates Virginia Stephen's introduction to Hakluyt's Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries of the English Nation and the subsequent influence the book had on the imagination and writing ...
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This chapter narrates Virginia Stephen's introduction to Hakluyt's Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries of the English Nation and the subsequent influence the book had on the imagination and writing style of Virginia Woolf. What was then confusing to the young Virginia became an object of her admiration, and she often re-read the book throughout her life, which eventually had a dramatic effect upon her creative imagination and writing. She wrote her first critical essay using Hakluyt's Voyages as her subject, and in 1906, the book became an influential framework for her first novel, The Voyage Out. In addition to the tremendous influence of the book on Woolf's writing, the chapter also discusses the Elizabethan age as found in the pages of her Hakluyt's Voyage-inspired writings. Getting inspiration once again from Hakluyt's Voyages, Woolf recounted her heightened social awareness of the inequalities in the status quo of men and women and of rich and poor. In her subsequent critical essays and novels such as Jacob's Room, To the Lighthouse, Orlando, the influence of Hakluyt's Voyages remained dominant, as some of its passages are used in her illustration of the society and the social issues surrounding her essays and novels.Less
This chapter narrates Virginia Stephen's introduction to Hakluyt's Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries of the English Nation and the subsequent influence the book had on the imagination and writing style of Virginia Woolf. What was then confusing to the young Virginia became an object of her admiration, and she often re-read the book throughout her life, which eventually had a dramatic effect upon her creative imagination and writing. She wrote her first critical essay using Hakluyt's Voyages as her subject, and in 1906, the book became an influential framework for her first novel, The Voyage Out. In addition to the tremendous influence of the book on Woolf's writing, the chapter also discusses the Elizabethan age as found in the pages of her Hakluyt's Voyage-inspired writings. Getting inspiration once again from Hakluyt's Voyages, Woolf recounted her heightened social awareness of the inequalities in the status quo of men and women and of rich and poor. In her subsequent critical essays and novels such as Jacob's Room, To the Lighthouse, Orlando, the influence of Hakluyt's Voyages remained dominant, as some of its passages are used in her illustration of the society and the social issues surrounding her essays and novels.
Wendy Laura Belcher
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- September 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199793211
- eISBN:
- 9780199949700
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199793211.003.0002
- Subject:
- Literature, 18th-century Literature, World Literature
This chapter describes Johnson’s experience of translating A Voyage to Abyssinia during a period of mental illness, which resulted in his discursive possession. The chapter analyzes how the multiple ...
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This chapter describes Johnson’s experience of translating A Voyage to Abyssinia during a period of mental illness, which resulted in his discursive possession. The chapter analyzes how the multiple conflicting sources of the textwould have contributed to such.Less
This chapter describes Johnson’s experience of translating A Voyage to Abyssinia during a period of mental illness, which resulted in his discursive possession. The chapter analyzes how the multiple conflicting sources of the textwould have contributed to such.
Wendy Laura Belcher
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- September 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199793211
- eISBN:
- 9780199949700
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199793211.003.0003
- Subject:
- Literature, 18th-century Literature, World Literature
Johnson was drawn to Voyage historique d'Abissinie, this chapter proposes, by its African Christianity. That is, translating it was a way of thinking about what it meant to be a Christian and how ...
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Johnson was drawn to Voyage historique d'Abissinie, this chapter proposes, by its African Christianity. That is, translating it was a way of thinking about what it meant to be a Christian and how differently Christianity could be imagined. That Johnson’s interest in the text was that of a religious explorer becomes clear when examining his reading, his religious beliefs, and his editing of Voyage historique d'Abissinie.Less
Johnson was drawn to Voyage historique d'Abissinie, this chapter proposes, by its African Christianity. That is, translating it was a way of thinking about what it meant to be a Christian and how differently Christianity could be imagined. That Johnson’s interest in the text was that of a religious explorer becomes clear when examining his reading, his religious beliefs, and his editing of Voyage historique d'Abissinie.
Sujit Sivasundaram
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- January 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780197265413
- eISBN:
- 9780191760464
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- British Academy
- DOI:
- 10.5871/bacad/9780197265413.003.0007
- Subject:
- History, World Modern History
This chapter studies a particular moment in the emergence of the idea of the ‘native’ in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. By considering the role played by Pacific islanders, ...
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This chapter studies a particular moment in the emergence of the idea of the ‘native’ in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. By considering the role played by Pacific islanders, Asians, and Africans in defining territorial identities, bonds of attachment to rulers, and patterns of settlement prior to contact with colonists, it argues that the ‘native’ emerged partly out of extant traditions. The British empire recontextualized mutating extant senses of culture in global maps of heritage and thus minted a new sense of the ‘native’. Throughout this process, what appears is not an unproblematic concept of the ‘native’ or ‘indigenous’, but a notion of how claims of a separate heritage arose in contexts of hybridity and creolization.Less
This chapter studies a particular moment in the emergence of the idea of the ‘native’ in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. By considering the role played by Pacific islanders, Asians, and Africans in defining territorial identities, bonds of attachment to rulers, and patterns of settlement prior to contact with colonists, it argues that the ‘native’ emerged partly out of extant traditions. The British empire recontextualized mutating extant senses of culture in global maps of heritage and thus minted a new sense of the ‘native’. Throughout this process, what appears is not an unproblematic concept of the ‘native’ or ‘indigenous’, but a notion of how claims of a separate heritage arose in contexts of hybridity and creolization.
Zain Abdullah
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- September 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780195314250
- eISBN:
- 9780199871797
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195314250.003.0002
- Subject:
- Religion, Islam
Thousands are making a mass exodus from West Africa. Attempting to escape perpetual unemployment in their home countries, many are taking drastic measures to reach Spain or other European nations for ...
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Thousands are making a mass exodus from West Africa. Attempting to escape perpetual unemployment in their home countries, many are taking drastic measures to reach Spain or other European nations for the promise of better economic conditions. Most die in rough seas, as they travel with human traffickers in pateras, small fishing boats ill equipped for the journey. On a catamaran, fourteen Senegalese Muslim men made an unprecedented Atlantic voyage bound for New York, and they made it, but just barely. Within the larger context of West African Muslim immigration, this chapter discusses the perilous odyssey of these Muslim sailors, the push of their familial obligations, and the pull of the American dream.Less
Thousands are making a mass exodus from West Africa. Attempting to escape perpetual unemployment in their home countries, many are taking drastic measures to reach Spain or other European nations for the promise of better economic conditions. Most die in rough seas, as they travel with human traffickers in pateras, small fishing boats ill equipped for the journey. On a catamaran, fourteen Senegalese Muslim men made an unprecedented Atlantic voyage bound for New York, and they made it, but just barely. Within the larger context of West African Muslim immigration, this chapter discusses the perilous odyssey of these Muslim sailors, the push of their familial obligations, and the pull of the American dream.
Wendy S. Mercer
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- January 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780197263884
- eISBN:
- 9780191734830
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- British Academy
- DOI:
- 10.5871/bacad/9780197263884.003.0007
- Subject:
- Literature, 19th-century and Victorian Literature
The departure of Marmier and Gyldenstolpe from Stockholm to join La Recherche at Trondheim marked the beginning of the 1838 expedition of the Commission du Nord, and Marmier was appointed to write ...
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The departure of Marmier and Gyldenstolpe from Stockholm to join La Recherche at Trondheim marked the beginning of the 1838 expedition of the Commission du Nord, and Marmier was appointed to write the official report. This part of his journey is described in some detail in the Relation du voyage of the official publication, which is full of historical data about the sites described, details of local customs, folklore, climate, population, political organisation, public institutions, statistics, different modes of transport, local curiosities, monuments, and various other information. This chapter notes the apparent ease with which Marmier seems to make the transition from life in presumably fairly luxurious and sophisticated circles at court, or intellectual circles in Uppsala, to contact with some of the least privileged in that society. He seems to have made friends on his travels at all social levels; he recorded those contacts in his official reports.Less
The departure of Marmier and Gyldenstolpe from Stockholm to join La Recherche at Trondheim marked the beginning of the 1838 expedition of the Commission du Nord, and Marmier was appointed to write the official report. This part of his journey is described in some detail in the Relation du voyage of the official publication, which is full of historical data about the sites described, details of local customs, folklore, climate, population, political organisation, public institutions, statistics, different modes of transport, local curiosities, monuments, and various other information. This chapter notes the apparent ease with which Marmier seems to make the transition from life in presumably fairly luxurious and sophisticated circles at court, or intellectual circles in Uppsala, to contact with some of the least privileged in that society. He seems to have made friends on his travels at all social levels; he recorded those contacts in his official reports.
Cornelia Pearsall
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- January 2008
- ISBN:
- 9780195150544
- eISBN:
- 9780199871124
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195150544.003.0008
- Subject:
- Literature, 19th-century and Victorian Literature
The conclusion recounts the 1883 voyage of the Pembroke Castle embarked upon by William Gladstone and Tennyson, as well as Punch’s satirical take on the event. The voyage provided an opportunity for ...
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The conclusion recounts the 1883 voyage of the Pembroke Castle embarked upon by William Gladstone and Tennyson, as well as Punch’s satirical take on the event. The voyage provided an opportunity for both men to reflect on the differing natures of oratory and poetry, as well as on the possibility of their own immortality through everlasting fame, themes addressed in Tennyson’s “Parnassus.” The conclusion also recounts Tennyson’s funeral, the poet’s final performance of rapture.Less
The conclusion recounts the 1883 voyage of the Pembroke Castle embarked upon by William Gladstone and Tennyson, as well as Punch’s satirical take on the event. The voyage provided an opportunity for both men to reflect on the differing natures of oratory and poetry, as well as on the possibility of their own immortality through everlasting fame, themes addressed in Tennyson’s “Parnassus.” The conclusion also recounts Tennyson’s funeral, the poet’s final performance of rapture.
Jerome Murphy-O'Connor
- Published in print:
- 2004
- Published Online:
- November 2004
- ISBN:
- 9780199266531
- eISBN:
- 9780191601583
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0199266530.003.0004
- Subject:
- Religion, Biblical Studies
Evangelization of the Celts at Pessinus. Instead of ministering at Troas, Paul crossed to Europe, and in the process experienced his first sea voyage. Paul’s attitude towards women ministers in ...
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Evangelization of the Celts at Pessinus. Instead of ministering at Troas, Paul crossed to Europe, and in the process experienced his first sea voyage. Paul’s attitude towards women ministers in Philippi, where one of them acted as his patron. Lack of patronage in Thessalonica obliged him to adopt a lifestyle based on the workshop, but his preaching filled the void left by the co-option of Cabirus into the official cult of the city.Less
Evangelization of the Celts at Pessinus. Instead of ministering at Troas, Paul crossed to Europe, and in the process experienced his first sea voyage. Paul’s attitude towards women ministers in Philippi, where one of them acted as his patron. Lack of patronage in Thessalonica obliged him to adopt a lifestyle based on the workshop, but his preaching filled the void left by the co-option of Cabirus into the official cult of the city.
Neil Rennie
- Published in print:
- 1998
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198186274
- eISBN:
- 9780191674471
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198186274.003.0002
- Subject:
- Literature, American, 18th Century and Early American Literature
In Francois Rabelais's account of the voyage of Pantagruel, grandson of the King of Utopia, to consult the oracle of the Holy Bottle, ‘pres le Catay en Indie superieure’, the voyagers encounter in ...
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In Francois Rabelais's account of the voyage of Pantagruel, grandson of the King of Utopia, to consult the oracle of the Holy Bottle, ‘pres le Catay en Indie superieure’, the voyagers encounter in imaginary Satinland a monstrous old man named Ouy-dire, Hearsay, an authority on all the exotic nations and peoples of the world. He is blind and crippled, but his body is covered with ears and he is talking with seven tongues, each divided into seven parts, to an audience which includes Herodotus, Pliny, Strabo, Marco Polo, and Pietro Martire. One of those named amongst this crowd of ancient and modern authors of travel literature is the French explorer Jacques Cartier (1491–1557), thought by some 20th-century scholars to be the original for Pantagruel's pilot on his voyage, called Jamet Brayer. However, the real Jacques Cartier, like many other Renaissance voyagers, learned to distrust Rabelais's Ouy-dire.Less
In Francois Rabelais's account of the voyage of Pantagruel, grandson of the King of Utopia, to consult the oracle of the Holy Bottle, ‘pres le Catay en Indie superieure’, the voyagers encounter in imaginary Satinland a monstrous old man named Ouy-dire, Hearsay, an authority on all the exotic nations and peoples of the world. He is blind and crippled, but his body is covered with ears and he is talking with seven tongues, each divided into seven parts, to an audience which includes Herodotus, Pliny, Strabo, Marco Polo, and Pietro Martire. One of those named amongst this crowd of ancient and modern authors of travel literature is the French explorer Jacques Cartier (1491–1557), thought by some 20th-century scholars to be the original for Pantagruel's pilot on his voyage, called Jamet Brayer. However, the real Jacques Cartier, like many other Renaissance voyagers, learned to distrust Rabelais's Ouy-dire.
Neil Rennie
- Published in print:
- 1998
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198186274
- eISBN:
- 9780191674471
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198186274.003.0003
- Subject:
- Literature, American, 18th Century and Early American Literature
Madagascar: or, Robert Drury's Journal, during Fifteen Years Captivity on that Island, published in London in 1729, presents what seems like a paradox. Although the journal is ...
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Madagascar: or, Robert Drury's Journal, during Fifteen Years Captivity on that Island, published in London in 1729, presents what seems like a paradox. Although the journal is clearly a work of fiction, expressing many of Daniel Defoe's own interests and observations and written throughout in his own style, it gives one of the most realistic accounts of Madagascar in existence. The case for connecting Defoe with Drury's Journal rests on verbal and narrative parallels of no significance in 18th-century accounts of travel, where ‘old and crazy’ ships or dogs and ‘miserable’ slaveries, for example, are surely not distinctive signs of Defoe's diction or imagination. Such evidence would not seem to constitute proof, but the connection between Defoe and Madagascar: or, Robert Drury's Journal supposedly established by John R. Moore, is generally accepted as satisfactorily proven. The renewed popularity of travel literature reflects increased maritime as well as literary activity, and the most important figure here is the buccaneering writer William Dampier, whose voyages and accounts of voyages inspired a number of other travels and texts.Less
Madagascar: or, Robert Drury's Journal, during Fifteen Years Captivity on that Island, published in London in 1729, presents what seems like a paradox. Although the journal is clearly a work of fiction, expressing many of Daniel Defoe's own interests and observations and written throughout in his own style, it gives one of the most realistic accounts of Madagascar in existence. The case for connecting Defoe with Drury's Journal rests on verbal and narrative parallels of no significance in 18th-century accounts of travel, where ‘old and crazy’ ships or dogs and ‘miserable’ slaveries, for example, are surely not distinctive signs of Defoe's diction or imagination. Such evidence would not seem to constitute proof, but the connection between Defoe and Madagascar: or, Robert Drury's Journal supposedly established by John R. Moore, is generally accepted as satisfactorily proven. The renewed popularity of travel literature reflects increased maritime as well as literary activity, and the most important figure here is the buccaneering writer William Dampier, whose voyages and accounts of voyages inspired a number of other travels and texts.
Neil Rennie
- Published in print:
- 1998
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198186274
- eISBN:
- 9780191674471
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198186274.003.0004
- Subject:
- Literature, American, 18th Century and Early American Literature
The ‘Terra Australis’ of Joseph Hall's Mundus and of the French 18th-century utopists was, in geographical theory, no fiction. In 1765, Charles de Brosses's Histoire des navigations aux terres ...
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The ‘Terra Australis’ of Joseph Hall's Mundus and of the French 18th-century utopists was, in geographical theory, no fiction. In 1765, Charles de Brosses's Histoire des navigations aux terres australes took the form of a manifesto, with detailed plans for the exploration and colonization of the southern continent, and the next year there appeared the first of the three volumes of John Callander's Terra Australis Cognita (1766–8), pirating de Brosses's work and translating the argument for a French colony into an argument for a British colony — no mere utopia. In 1766, the British Admiralty took up the search for the southern continent officially, sending out Captain Samuel Wallis in what had been Captain John Byron's ship, the Dolphin, accompanied by Philip Carteret in the unseaworthy Swallow, with which Wallis parted company on entering the Pacific Ocean. Wallis sailed from the history of geographical theory into the history of discovery when he reached Tahiti. Louis–Antoine de Bougainville sighted the high volcanic peak of Tahiti on April 2, 1768.Less
The ‘Terra Australis’ of Joseph Hall's Mundus and of the French 18th-century utopists was, in geographical theory, no fiction. In 1765, Charles de Brosses's Histoire des navigations aux terres australes took the form of a manifesto, with detailed plans for the exploration and colonization of the southern continent, and the next year there appeared the first of the three volumes of John Callander's Terra Australis Cognita (1766–8), pirating de Brosses's work and translating the argument for a French colony into an argument for a British colony — no mere utopia. In 1766, the British Admiralty took up the search for the southern continent officially, sending out Captain Samuel Wallis in what had been Captain John Byron's ship, the Dolphin, accompanied by Philip Carteret in the unseaworthy Swallow, with which Wallis parted company on entering the Pacific Ocean. Wallis sailed from the history of geographical theory into the history of discovery when he reached Tahiti. Louis–Antoine de Bougainville sighted the high volcanic peak of Tahiti on April 2, 1768.
Neil Rennie
- Published in print:
- 1998
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198186274
- eISBN:
- 9780191674471
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198186274.003.0006
- Subject:
- Literature, American, 18th Century and Early American Literature
Early in 1787, Joseph Banks convinced the British government of the advantages for transplanting breadfruit from Tahiti to the West Indies. He believed that this almost paradisal plant could usefully ...
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Early in 1787, Joseph Banks convinced the British government of the advantages for transplanting breadfruit from Tahiti to the West Indies. He believed that this almost paradisal plant could usefully feed the slaves in the West Indies, who would produce cheaper sugar for the planters and merchants in the West Indies. There would inevitably be more trouble initially, but Banks persuaded British officials of the ultimate benefits of an expedition and in May the government instructed the Admiralty accordingly. The Bounty sailed on December 27, 1787, under the command of Lieutenant William Bligh, and anchored in Matavai Bay, Tahiti, on October 26, 1788. Bligh had found the carpenter ‘insolent’ and the Master ‘troublesome’ on the voyage out, and he had also been frustrated by bad weather at the Horn, which had forced the Bounty to turn back and take the passage to the Pacific via the Cape of Good Hope. On arrival at Matavai Bay, Bligh asked immediately for news of Omai, and heard that Omai was no more.Less
Early in 1787, Joseph Banks convinced the British government of the advantages for transplanting breadfruit from Tahiti to the West Indies. He believed that this almost paradisal plant could usefully feed the slaves in the West Indies, who would produce cheaper sugar for the planters and merchants in the West Indies. There would inevitably be more trouble initially, but Banks persuaded British officials of the ultimate benefits of an expedition and in May the government instructed the Admiralty accordingly. The Bounty sailed on December 27, 1787, under the command of Lieutenant William Bligh, and anchored in Matavai Bay, Tahiti, on October 26, 1788. Bligh had found the carpenter ‘insolent’ and the Master ‘troublesome’ on the voyage out, and he had also been frustrated by bad weather at the Horn, which had forced the Bounty to turn back and take the passage to the Pacific via the Cape of Good Hope. On arrival at Matavai Bay, Bligh asked immediately for news of Omai, and heard that Omai was no more.
Alice Fox
- Published in print:
- 1990
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198129882
- eISBN:
- 9780191671876
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198129882.003.0001
- Subject:
- Literature, 20th-century Literature and Modernism, 16th-century and Renaissance Literature
This chapter introduces Virginia Woolf, her introduction to reading which led her to voracious reading, her struggles as a writer and a critic, and her continual aspiration to prove her credentials ...
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This chapter introduces Virginia Woolf, her introduction to reading which led her to voracious reading, her struggles as a writer and a critic, and her continual aspiration to prove her credentials despite being a renowned writer and novelist of her time. Also included are the Elizabethan literature and works in which Woolf found inspiration for her work. Of the most notable influences are Hakluyt's Voyages, Shakespeare plays, and lyric poetries of the Renaissance period. In addition to her work, this overview also presents works which Woolf criticised. Apart from introducing her novels, poetry, essays, plays, and criticisms, the chapter also gives quick glimpses of Virginia Woolf's stand on feminism.Less
This chapter introduces Virginia Woolf, her introduction to reading which led her to voracious reading, her struggles as a writer and a critic, and her continual aspiration to prove her credentials despite being a renowned writer and novelist of her time. Also included are the Elizabethan literature and works in which Woolf found inspiration for her work. Of the most notable influences are Hakluyt's Voyages, Shakespeare plays, and lyric poetries of the Renaissance period. In addition to her work, this overview also presents works which Woolf criticised. Apart from introducing her novels, poetry, essays, plays, and criticisms, the chapter also gives quick glimpses of Virginia Woolf's stand on feminism.
Alice Fox
- Published in print:
- 1990
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198129882
- eISBN:
- 9780191671876
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198129882.003.0005
- Subject:
- Literature, 20th-century Literature and Modernism, 16th-century and Renaissance Literature
This chapter discusses Virginia Woolf's impression and knowledge of the Renaissance and Elizabethan period. Her writings and novels are analysed within the timelines and the characteristics of the ...
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This chapter discusses Virginia Woolf's impression and knowledge of the Renaissance and Elizabethan period. Her writings and novels are analysed within the timelines and the characteristics of the Renaissance and Elizabethan age. Also included in the chapter are the influences brought about by Drekker to Woolf's novel Orlando, which is an allusion to the Elizabethan age, and the influences of Raleigh on The Voyage Out, which is a representation of the Renaissance and the Elizabethan period. In addition to presenting an analysis of Woolf's reaction to and impression of the literature, writers, and works of the Renaissance and Elizabethan period, the chapter also provides a brief discussion of Woolf's stand on social issues seen in her critical essays and work, in particular those that allude to feminism and gender issues.Less
This chapter discusses Virginia Woolf's impression and knowledge of the Renaissance and Elizabethan period. Her writings and novels are analysed within the timelines and the characteristics of the Renaissance and Elizabethan age. Also included in the chapter are the influences brought about by Drekker to Woolf's novel Orlando, which is an allusion to the Elizabethan age, and the influences of Raleigh on The Voyage Out, which is a representation of the Renaissance and the Elizabethan period. In addition to presenting an analysis of Woolf's reaction to and impression of the literature, writers, and works of the Renaissance and Elizabethan period, the chapter also provides a brief discussion of Woolf's stand on social issues seen in her critical essays and work, in particular those that allude to feminism and gender issues.
Wendy Laura Belcher
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- September 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199793211
- eISBN:
- 9780199949700
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199793211.003.0004
- Subject:
- Literature, 18th-century Literature, World Literature
This chapter details the Habesha discourse that Johnson encountered and forwarded when translating A Voyage to Abyssinia. The first type is argumentative, having to do with claims that the Habesha ...
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This chapter details the Habesha discourse that Johnson encountered and forwarded when translating A Voyage to Abyssinia. The first type is argumentative, having to do with claims that the Habesha made about their religion, ethnic neighbors, and legends. The second type of Habesha discourse is expressive, having to do with the “characters” who appear in the text.Less
This chapter details the Habesha discourse that Johnson encountered and forwarded when translating A Voyage to Abyssinia. The first type is argumentative, having to do with claims that the Habesha made about their religion, ethnic neighbors, and legends. The second type of Habesha discourse is expressive, having to do with the “characters” who appear in the text.
Con Coroneos
- Published in print:
- 2002
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198187363
- eISBN:
- 9780191674716
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198187363.003.0008
- Subject:
- Literature, 20th-century Literature and Modernism, European Literature
This chapter discusses Georges Melies' 1904 motion picture The Impossible Voyage in relation to the space of words and things or the connection between language and geography. It suggests that the ...
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This chapter discusses Georges Melies' 1904 motion picture The Impossible Voyage in relation to the space of words and things or the connection between language and geography. It suggests that the film was a satire on the joint-stock enterprise of geography and rational thought in the advance towards universal reason. It contends that this film has also crossed the boundaries of space in modern literature.Less
This chapter discusses Georges Melies' 1904 motion picture The Impossible Voyage in relation to the space of words and things or the connection between language and geography. It suggests that the film was a satire on the joint-stock enterprise of geography and rational thought in the advance towards universal reason. It contends that this film has also crossed the boundaries of space in modern literature.
Giles Gunn
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195142822
- eISBN:
- 9780199850297
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195142822.003.0001
- Subject:
- Literature, American, 19th Century Literature
One of the best words to describe Herman Melville's reputation, especially among other American writers, is colossus for he has been able to contribute in no small part to the classic literature of ...
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One of the best words to describe Herman Melville's reputation, especially among other American writers, is colossus for he has been able to contribute in no small part to the classic literature of the nineteenth century. Although he might have been outwritten by other prominent authors such as Mark Twain and Henry James, among others, Herman Melville managed to write some of the most significant and more ambitious stories in both prose and poetry, such as Mardi: And a Voyage Thither, Moby Dick, and Clarel: A Poem and Pilgrimage in the Holy Land to name a few. Aside from taking on a multitude of various themes and issues, Melville's works complied with a common theme that involves consuming and creating, brought about by Melville's belief that art was meant to be perceived as a semireligious assertion that art reflects the most important aspects of life and experience.Less
One of the best words to describe Herman Melville's reputation, especially among other American writers, is colossus for he has been able to contribute in no small part to the classic literature of the nineteenth century. Although he might have been outwritten by other prominent authors such as Mark Twain and Henry James, among others, Herman Melville managed to write some of the most significant and more ambitious stories in both prose and poetry, such as Mardi: And a Voyage Thither, Moby Dick, and Clarel: A Poem and Pilgrimage in the Holy Land to name a few. Aside from taking on a multitude of various themes and issues, Melville's works complied with a common theme that involves consuming and creating, brought about by Melville's belief that art was meant to be perceived as a semireligious assertion that art reflects the most important aspects of life and experience.
