Shaftesbury Road, Cambridge CB2 8EA, United Kingdom
One Liberty Plaza, 20th Floor, New York, NY 10006, USA
477 Williamstown Road, Port Melbourne, VIC 3207, Australia
314–321, 3rd Floor, Plot 3, Splendor Forum, Jasola District Centre, New Delhi – 110025, India
103 Penang Road, #05–06/07, Visioncrest Commercial, Singapore 238467
Cambridge University Press is part of Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a department of the University of Cambridge.
We share the University’s mission to contribute to society through the pursuit of education, learning and research at the highest international levels of excellence.
Information on this title: www-cambridge-org.demo.remotlog.com/9781009569538
© Emily Cuming 2025
This publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press & Assessment.
When citing this work, please include a reference to the DOI 10.1017/9781009569552
First published 2025
A catalogue record for this publication is available from the British Library
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Cuming, Emily, author.
Title: Maritime relations : life, labour and literature at the water’s edge, 1850–1914 / Emily Cuming.
Other titles: Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture.
Description: Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2025. | Series: Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2024059139 | ISBN 9781009569538 (hardback) | ISBN 9781009569569 (paperback) | ISBN 9781009569552 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: English literature – 19th century – History and criticism. | Autobiography – English authors. | Sailors’ writings, English – History and criticism. | Sailors in literature. | Families in literature.
Classification: LCC PR468.S25 C86 2025 | DDC 820.9/3553–dc23/eng/20250428
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2024059139
ISBN 978-1-009-56953-8 Hardback
Cambridge University Press & Assessment has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for external or third-party internet websites referred to in this publication and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate.