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  1. Enter the press-gang
    naval impressment in eighteenth-century British literature
    Author: Ennis, Daniel James
    Published: 2002
    Publisher:  University of Delaware Press, Newark ; Associated University Presses, London

    "Even as press-gangs roamed the London streets, eighteenth-century writers applauded, critiqued, and condemned the practice Pepys called "a great tyranny" - the means of naval recruitment by which Britain simultaneously manned her fleets and... more

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    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
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    "Even as press-gangs roamed the London streets, eighteenth-century writers applauded, critiqued, and condemned the practice Pepys called "a great tyranny" - the means of naval recruitment by which Britain simultaneously manned her fleets and oppressed her citizens." "This book centers on literature produced in "moments of crisis" - times when Britain faced a military challenge and thus needed her Navy most. When the French gained the upper hand early in the Seven Years' War, David Garrick was moved to write "To honour we call you, not press you like slaves, / For who are so free as we sons of the waves?" This characterization of the press as benign was common in the theater, even as sailors brawled with press-gangs on London Bridge. At the same time, novelists bitterly attacked impressment policy, showing how the press weighs most heavily on the poor."--BOOK JACKET.

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 0874137551
    Subjects: Geschichte; English literature; Impressment in literature; Impressment; Naval art and science in literature; Sailors in literature; Sea stories, English; Seafaring life in literature; Ships in literature; Seeschifffahrt; Englisch; Zwangsrekrutierung; Literatur
    Scope: 219 p., 24 cm
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    Zugl.: Diss., Auburn Univ. - Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-214) and index
  2. Enter the press-gang
    naval impressment in eighteenth-century British literature
    Author: Ennis, Daniel J.
    Published: 2002
    Publisher:  University of Delaware Press, Newark, Del

    Location:
    Klassik Stiftung Weimar / Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek
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    HK 1091 E59
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Dissertation
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 0874137551
    Subjects: Englisch; Literatur; Marine <Motiv>; Zwangsrekrutierung; Seeschifffahrt <Motiv>; Geschichte 1700-1799;
    Other subjects: Array; Impressment in literature; Array; Naval art and sciences in literature; Seafaring life in literature; Sailors in literature; Ships in literature
    Scope: 219 S.
    Notes:

    Enlargement of author's dissertation (Ph. D.)--Auburn University

    Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index

    Zugl: Auburn, Univ., Diss.