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The culture of piracy, 1580-1630 : English literature and seaborne crime
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The culture of piracy, 1580-1630 : English literature and seaborne crime / Claire Jowitt.
ISBN
0754699129
1282657593
1315240378
9780754699125
9781282657595
9781315240374
1409400441
9781409400448
Published
Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2010.
Physical Description
1 online resource (x, 232 pages) : illustrations
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Summary
By examining the often marginal figure of the pirate (and also the hard-to-distinguish privateer), The Culture of Piracy, 1580-1630 shows how flexibly these figures served to comment on English nationalism, international relations, and contemporary politics. The first book-length treatment of the cultural impact of Renaissance piracy, this study underlines how despite its transgressive nature, piracy can be seen as a key mechanism which served to connect peoples and regions.
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Taylor & Francis. EBA 2024-2025.
Other formats
Print version: Jowitt, Claire. Culture of piracy, 1580-1630. Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2010
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 07, 2024
Series
Transculturalisms, 1400-1700
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Subversive pirates representations of Purser and Clinton, 1583-1639
Uses and abuses of piracy: discourses of mercantilism and empire in accounts of Drake's famous voyage, 1580-1630
Et in Arcadia ego : piracy and politics in prose romance, 1580-1603
Pirates and politics: drama of the long, 1590s
Jacobean connections: piracy and politics in seventeenth-century drama and romance
Politics and pirate typology in John Fletcher and Philip Massinger's late Jacobean pirate drama.
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