Pirates, Traitors, and Apostates : Renegade Identities in Early Modern English Writing /
Ellinghausen, Laurie
Pirates, Traitors, and Apostates : Renegade Identities in Early Modern English Writing / Laurie Ellinghausen. - 1 online resource (220 p.)
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Examining tales of notorious figures in Renaissance England, including the mercenary Thomas Stukeley, the Barbary corsair John Ward, and the wandering adventurers the Sherley brothers, 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. Unlike previous scholarship which has focused heavily on positioning rogue behaviour within the dialogue of race, gender, religion, and nationalism, Pirates, Traitors, and Apostates: Renegade Identities in Early Modern England shows how domestic issues of class and occupation exerted a major influence on representations of renegades, and heightened their appeal to the diverse audiences of early modern England. By looking at renegade tales from this perspective, Ellinghausen reveals a renegade, who, despite being stigmatized as an outsider, becomes a major profiteer during the period of early expansion, and ultimately a key figure in the creation of a national English identity.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781487502683 9781487515782
10.3138/9781487515782 doi
English literature--History and criticism.--Early modern, 1500-1700
Outsiders in literature.
Rogues and vagabonds in literature.
HISTORY / Modern / 17th Century.
PR428.R63 / E455 2018
820.9/35269409031
Pirates, Traitors, and Apostates : Renegade Identities in Early Modern English Writing / Laurie Ellinghausen. - 1 online resource (220 p.)
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Examining tales of notorious figures in Renaissance England, including the mercenary Thomas Stukeley, the Barbary corsair John Ward, and the wandering adventurers the Sherley brothers, 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. Unlike previous scholarship which has focused heavily on positioning rogue behaviour within the dialogue of race, gender, religion, and nationalism, Pirates, Traitors, and Apostates: Renegade Identities in Early Modern England shows how domestic issues of class and occupation exerted a major influence on representations of renegades, and heightened their appeal to the diverse audiences of early modern England. By looking at renegade tales from this perspective, Ellinghausen reveals a renegade, who, despite being stigmatized as an outsider, becomes a major profiteer during the period of early expansion, and ultimately a key figure in the creation of a national English identity.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781487502683 9781487515782
10.3138/9781487515782 doi
English literature--History and criticism.--Early modern, 1500-1700
Outsiders in literature.
Rogues and vagabonds in literature.
HISTORY / Modern / 17th Century.
PR428.R63 / E455 2018
820.9/35269409031