Melville’s Lingua Franca of the Fo’c’sl

Abstract

This article traces the vocabulary of the nautical world Melville encountered as a young man on a whaler. Examples are given of the flamboyant, spicy, indecorous and picturesque language of the sailors.

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Filed under: Other (Nineteenth C) | Other (location)
Subjects include: Manpower & Life at Sea | Whaling & Fishing