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Pirates and Mutineers of the Nineteenth Century - Swashbucklers and Swindlers (Paperback)
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Pirates and Mutineers of the Nineteenth Century - Swashbucklers and Swindlers (Paperback)
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The first volume devoted to literary pirates in the nineteenth
century, this collection examines changes in the representation of
the pirate from the beginning of the nineteenth century through the
late Victorian period. Gone were the dangerous ruffians of the
eighteenth-century novel and in their place emerged a set of
brooding and lovable rogues, as exemplified by Byron's Corsair. As
the contributors engage with acts of piracy by men and women in the
literary marketplace as well as on the high seas, they show that
both forms were foundational in the promotion and execution of
Britain's imperial ambitions. Linking the pirate's development as a
literary figure with the history of piracy and the making of the
modern state tells us much about race, class, and evolving gender
relationships. While individual chapters examine key texts like
Treasure Island, Dickens's 1857 'mutiny' story in Household Words,
and Peter Pan, the collection as a whole interrogates the growth of
pirate myths and folklore throughout the nineteenth century and the
depiction of their nautical heirs in contemporary literature and
culture.
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