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Pirates, traitors, and apostates : renegade identities in early modern English writing / Laurie Ellinghausen.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) PR428.R63 E46 2018
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LIBRA PR428.R63 E46 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ellinghausen, Laurie, 1972- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- Rogues and vagabonds in literature.
- Outsiders in literature.
- Outcasts in literature.
- Physical Description:
- x, 182 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2018]
- Summary:
- Examining tales of notorious figures in Renaissance England, Laurie Ellinghausen sheds new light on the construction of the early modern renegade and its depiction in English prose, poetry, and drama during a period of capitalist expansion.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Running down the "Runagate"
- 1 "Unquiet hotspurs": Stukeley, Vernon, and the renegade humour
- 2 "We are of the sea!": Masterless identity and transnational context in A Christian turned Turk
- 3 "Lend us your lament": Purser and Clinton on the scaffold
- 4 "Extravagant thoughts": the Sherley brothers and the future of renegade England
- Coda: "Skillfull in their art": criminal biography and the renegade inheritance.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-174) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1487502680
- 9781487502683
- OCLC:
- 1004042615
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