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The culture of piracy, 1580-1630 : English literature and seaborne crime / Claire Jowitt.

Van Pelt Library PR428.C74 J69 2010
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Jowitt, Claire.
Contributor:
Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.
Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)
Series:
Transculturalisms, 1400-1700
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.
English literature.
Crime in literature.
Pirates in literature.
Politics and literature--England--History--16th century.
Politics and literature.
Politics and literature--England--History--17th century.
Privateering--History--16th century.
Privateering.
Privateering--History--17th century.
Commerce in literature.
History.
England.
Physical Description:
x, 232 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Place of Publication:
Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2010]
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.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.
ISBN:
9781409400448
1409400441
9780754699125
0754699129
OCLC:
591770304

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