The culture of piracy, 1580-1630 : English literature and seaborne crime

Publication Data

• Title The culture of piracy, 1580-1630 : English literature and seaborne crime
• Author Claire Jowitt
• Publisher Ashgate
• Publication date 2010
• Publication location Farnham
• Language English

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.

Topics

• 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

The culture of piracy, 1580-1630 : English literature and seaborne crime by Claire Jowitt. ISBN 9780754699125. Published by Ashgate in 2010. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.