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Shipwreck
Shipwreck is part of Survivalist and/or Disaster fiction. It can be set partially or completely at sea under the Maritime genre. Sometimes the time spent at sea is brief, where Shipwreck instead focuses on the time trapped on an island or land waiting for rescue and survival.
When fighting for survival after becoming stranded on a deserted island or similar location became popular (starting with Robinson Crusoe), a new genre was spawned: Robinsonade.
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When fighting for survival after becoming stranded on a deserted island or similar location became popular (starting with Robinson Crusoe), a new genre was spawned: Robinsonade.
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“
Mig mindes vel og den u-lyckelig Stund,
Da henved fem hundrede Kroppe til Grund,
Omkomme for U-veyr paa Folden
Hvor ey kunde føres en Traad eller Klud;
Af tusinde Siele, som seilede ud,
Kom neppe tre hundred beholden.
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― The Trumpet of Nordland
― The Trumpet of Nordland
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My thoughts are drowned, and shipwreck seems sweet to me in this sea.
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