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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458847503321

Autore

Jowitt Claire

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-315-24037-8

1-282-65759-3

9786612657597

0-7546-9912-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (243 p.)

Collana

Transculturalisms, 1400-1700

Disciplina

820.9/3556

Soggetti

English literature - Early modern, 1500-1700 - History and criticism

Crime in literature

Pirates in literature

Politics and literature - England - History - 16th century

Politics and literature - England - History - 17th century

Privateering - History - 16th century

Privateering - History - 17th century

Commerce in literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2010 by Ashgate Publishing.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.