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The culture of piracy, 1580-1630 : English literature and Seaborne crime / Claire Jowitt.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jowitt, Claire, author.
- 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.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (243 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Subversive Pirates? Representations of Purser and Clinton, 1583-1639; 2 The Uses and Abuses of 'Piracy': Discourses of Mercantilism and Empire in Accounts of Drake's 'Famous Voyage', 1580-1630; 3 'Et in Arcadia Ego': Piracy and Politics in Prose Romance, 1580-1603; 4 Pirates and Politics: Drama of the 'Long 1590's'; 5 Jacobean Connections: Piracy and Politics in Seventeenth-Century Drama and Romance; 6 Politics and Pirate Typology in John Fletcher and Philip Massinger's Late Jacobean Pirate Drama; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- First published 2010 by Ashgate Publishing.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-315-24037-8
- 1-282-65759-3
- 9786612657597
- 0-7546-9912-9
- 9781315240374
- OCLC:
- 652653765
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