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Crisis and Legitimacy in Atlantic American Narratives of Piracy : 1678-1865 /

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This Open Access book, Crisis and Legitimacy in Atlantic American Narratives of Piracy: 1678-1865, examines literary and visual representations of piracy beginning with A.O. Exquemelin's 1678 Buccaneers of America and ending at the onset of the US-American Civil War. Examining both canonical an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ganser, Alexandra (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.
Edition:1st ed. 2020.
Series:Maritime Literature and Culture
Subjects:
America-Literatures.
Comparative literature.
Literature-History and criticism.
North American Literature.
Comparative Literature.
Literary History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction: The Pirate as a Figure of Crisis and Legitimacy
  • 2. Pirate Narratives and the Colonial Atlantic
  • 3. Pirate Narratives and the Revolutionary Atlantic in the Early Republic and the Antebellum Period
  • 4. Cultural Constructions of Piracy during the Crisis over Slavery
  • 5. Coda.