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  1. British pirates in print and performance
    Published: 2015
    Publisher:  Palgrave Macmillan, New York, NY

    "This book tracks the interconnections among pirates, pirates in print, and pirates on stage. Performance is the shared strategy for all three. Our chapters examine accounts of piracy in historical records, in adventure stories and romance, and,... more

    Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Haus Potsdamer Straße
    1 A 950535
    Unlimited inter-library loan, copies and loan

     

    "This book tracks the interconnections among pirates, pirates in print, and pirates on stage. Performance is the shared strategy for all three. Our chapters examine accounts of piracy in historical records, in adventure stories and romance, and, crucial to the emphasis on performativity, in stage representation. British pirates, in both print and performance, are discussed within a nexus of influence that cares very little for generic distinction beyond the constant of performativity. In fact and in fiction, the role-playing pirate is traced through dozens of stage performances, including the nautical Gothic melodrama, the adaptations of Byron, Scott, and Cooper, and the exploits of lusty she-pirates"--

     

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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9781137339911
    RVK Categories: HG 435
    Edition: 1. ed.
    Series: Nineteenth-century major lives and letters
    Subjects: English literature; English drama; Pirates in literature; Pirates; Theater
    Scope: x, 231 S., Ill., 23 cm
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-211) and index

    Machine generated contents note:Introduction: Striding the Deck, Strutting the Stage -- 1. A Nation of Pirates -- 2. Pirates on Stage -- 3. Byron's The Corsair -- 4. Scott's The Pirate -- 5. Cooper's The Pilot and The Red Rover -- 6. Pirate Sex -- 7. She-Pirates -- 8. Pirate Cliches -- Appendix: Chronology of Pirate Plays in Britain.

  2. British pirates in print and performance
    Published: 2015
    Publisher:  Palgrave Macmillan, New York, NY

    "This book tracks the interconnections among pirates, pirates in print, and pirates on stage. Performance is the shared strategy for all three. Our chapters examine accounts of piracy in historical records, in adventure stories and romance, and,... more

    Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Haus Unter den Linden
    Unlimited inter-library loan, copies and loan

     

    "This book tracks the interconnections among pirates, pirates in print, and pirates on stage. Performance is the shared strategy for all three. Our chapters examine accounts of piracy in historical records, in adventure stories and romance, and, crucial to the emphasis on performativity, in stage representation. British pirates, in both print and performance, are discussed within a nexus of influence that cares very little for generic distinction beyond the constant of performativity. In fact and in fiction, the role-playing pirate is traced through dozens of stage performances, including the nautical Gothic melodrama, the adaptations of Byron, Scott, and Cooper, and the exploits of lusty she-pirates"--

     

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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9781137339911
    RVK Categories: HG 435
    Edition: 1. ed.
    Series: Nineteenth-century major lives and letters
    Subjects: English literature; English drama; Pirates in literature; Pirates; Theater
    Scope: x, 231 S., Ill., 23 cm
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-211) and index

    Machine generated contents note:Introduction: Striding the Deck, Strutting the Stage -- 1. A Nation of Pirates -- 2. Pirates on Stage -- 3. Byron's The Corsair -- 4. Scott's The Pirate -- 5. Cooper's The Pilot and The Red Rover -- 6. Pirate Sex -- 7. She-Pirates -- 8. Pirate Cliches -- Appendix: Chronology of Pirate Plays in Britain.

  3. British pirates in print and performance
    Published: 2015
    Publisher:  Palgrave Macmillan, New York, NY [u.a.]

    "This book tracks the interconnections among pirates, pirates in print, and pirates on stage. Performance is the shared strategy for all three. Our chapters examine accounts of piracy in historical records, in adventure stories and romance, and,... more

    Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Haus Potsdamer Straße
    1 A 950535
    Unlimited inter-library loan, copies and loan
    Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg
    2015 A 4222
    Unlimited inter-library loan, copies and loan

     

    "This book tracks the interconnections among pirates, pirates in print, and pirates on stage. Performance is the shared strategy for all three. Our chapters examine accounts of piracy in historical records, in adventure stories and romance, and, crucial to the emphasis on performativity, in stage representation. British pirates, in both print and performance, are discussed within a nexus of influence that cares very little for generic distinction beyond the constant of performativity. In fact and in fiction, the role-playing pirate is traced through dozens of stage performances, including the nautical Gothic melodrama, the adaptations of Byron, Scott, and Cooper, and the exploits of lusty she-pirates"--

     

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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 1137339918; 9781137339911
    RVK Categories: HG 435
    Edition: 1. ed.
    Series: Nineteenth-century major lives and letters
    Subjects: English literature; English drama; Pirates in literature; Pirates; Theater; LITERARY CRITICISM / General; LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama; PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism; English drama; English literature; Pirates; Pirates in literature; Theater; English literature; English drama; Pirates in literature; Pirates; Theater
    Scope: X, 231 S., Ill.
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references and index

    Machine generated contents note:Introduction: Striding the Deck, Strutting the Stage -- 1. A Nation of Pirates -- 2. Pirates on Stage -- 3. Byron's The Corsair -- 4. Scott's The Pirate -- 5. Cooper's The Pilot and The Red Rover -- 6. Pirate Sex -- 7. She-Pirates -- 8. Pirate Cliches -- Appendix: Chronology of Pirate Plays in Britain.

  4. British pirates in print and performance
    Published: 2015
    Publisher:  Palgrave Macmillan, New York, NY [u.a.]

    "This book tracks the interconnections among pirates, pirates in print, and pirates on stage. Performance is the shared strategy for all three. Our chapters examine accounts of piracy in historical records, in adventure stories and romance, and,... more

    Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Haus Unter den Linden
    Unlimited inter-library loan, copies and loan

     

    "This book tracks the interconnections among pirates, pirates in print, and pirates on stage. Performance is the shared strategy for all three. Our chapters examine accounts of piracy in historical records, in adventure stories and romance, and, crucial to the emphasis on performativity, in stage representation. British pirates, in both print and performance, are discussed within a nexus of influence that cares very little for generic distinction beyond the constant of performativity. In fact and in fiction, the role-playing pirate is traced through dozens of stage performances, including the nautical Gothic melodrama, the adaptations of Byron, Scott, and Cooper, and the exploits of lusty she-pirates"--

     

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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 1137339918; 9781137339911
    RVK Categories: HG 435
    Edition: 1. ed.
    Series: Nineteenth-century major lives and letters
    Subjects: English literature; English drama; Pirates in literature; Pirates; Theater; LITERARY CRITICISM / General; LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama; PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism; English drama; English literature; Pirates; Pirates in literature; Theater; English literature; English drama; Pirates in literature; Pirates; Theater
    Scope: X, 231 S., Ill.
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references and index

    Machine generated contents note:Introduction: Striding the Deck, Strutting the Stage -- 1. A Nation of Pirates -- 2. Pirates on Stage -- 3. Byron's The Corsair -- 4. Scott's The Pirate -- 5. Cooper's The Pilot and The Red Rover -- 6. Pirate Sex -- 7. She-Pirates -- 8. Pirate Cliches -- Appendix: Chronology of Pirate Plays in Britain.