"My pen shall add a testimony to men noble and daring"; Poetry, Heroism and the Wreck of the SS Admella (1859)

This examination attempts to claim the significance of a number of original poems written by nineteenth-century amateur poets in direct response to the wreck of the SS Admella and published in the days, weeks and months following the actual event on 6 August 1859. Situating selected works in the col...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nicole Anae
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Bath Spa University 2013-05-01
Series:Transnational Literature
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Online Access:http://dspace.flinders.edu.au/xmlui/bitstream/2328/26705/1/bitstream