Sea Fortune: Literature and Navigation

Burkhardt Wolf

Published by De Gruyter 2020

Sea Fortune

Literature and Navigation

Burkhardt Wolf
Translated by: Joel Golb

Volume 10 in the series Paradigms

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110610734

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About this book

Sea fortune has always been an issue of good faith and good navigation. While in antiquity, fortuna gubernatrix was praised for shielding the seaborne trade, in the Renaissance fortuna symbolized the conquest of chance and danger. Under such auspices, while relying on risk technologies modern seafaring has never lost its adventurous dimension. Understanding their origin remains a challenge for the history of science and the history of literature.

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Burkhardt Wolf, Universität Wien, Vienna, Germany.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Foreword Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xxvii
Note for the English-language edition Publicly Available Download PDF	xxix
Departure. Topoi of Wiliness: Erring and Returning in the Odyssey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1. Rites of Passage: Cults and Religions of Fortunate Seafaring Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	42
Chapter 2. In Search of Fortune: The Birth of Insurance from Maritime Danger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	72
Chapter 3. Disorientation: Poetic Experiments with Hydrography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
Chapter 4. The Ship of State: Cultural Techniques of Early Modern “Sea Appropriation” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179
Chapter 5. The Figure of the Captain: Doctrine of Maritime State of Emergency Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	210
Chapter 6. The Ethos of Wreckage: Perils of Modernized Seafaring Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	254
Chapter 7. Shipwreck and Seasickness on Land: Terrestrial Loss of Safety Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	291
Chapter 8. Potential Peril: Geopolitical Loss of Difference Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	338
Chapter 9. The Takeoff of Cybernetics: Medial Recursions of the Odyssey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	363
Conclusion. Memory of the Sea: The Archeology of Maritime Culture Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	398
Cited Literature Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	439
List of Figures Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	495
Index of Names Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	497
Index of Subjects Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	504

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Scholars of Literature, Cultural Studies, Cultural History and Media Studies
Pages
- Front matter: 29
- Main content: 517
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 50
Keywords: Seafaring; Cultural History; Media History; Literary Studies

eBook

Published: October 12, 2020
ISBN: 9783110610734

Hardcover

Published: October 12, 2020
ISBN: 9783110608953