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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821564603321

Autore

Ellinghausen Laurie

Titolo

Pirates, Traitors, and Apostates : Renegade Identities in Early Modern English Writing / / Laurie Ellinghausen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto : , : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]

©2018

ISBN

1-4875-1579-0

1-4875-1578-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (182 pages) : illustrations, graphs

Classificazione

cci1icc

coll13

Disciplina

820.9/35269409031

Soggetti

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

Rogues and vagabonds in literature

Outsiders in literature

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Running Down the â#x80;#x9C;Runagateâ#x80;#x9D;; 1 â#x80;#x9C;Unquiet Hotspursâ#x80;#x9D;: Stukeley, Vernon, and the Renegade Humour; 2 â#x80;#x9C;We Are of the Sea!â#x80;#x9D;: Masterless Identity and Transnational Context in A Christian Turned Turk; 3 â#x80;#x9C;Lend Us Your Lamentâ#x80;#x9D;: Purser and Clinton on the Scaffold; 4 â#x80;#x9C;Extravagant Thoughtsâ#x80;#x9D;: The Sherley Brothers and the Future of Renegade England; Coda: â#x80;#x9C;Skillful in Their Artâ#x80;#x9D;: Criminal Biography and the Renegade Inheritance; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Sommario/riassunto

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.