Subversive pirates representations of Purser and Clinton, 1583-1639 -- Uses and abuses of piracy: discourses of mercantilism and empire in accounts of Drake's famous voyage, 1580-1630 -- Et in Arcadia ego : piracy and politics in prose romance, 1580-1603 -- Pirates and politics: drama of the long, 1590s -- Jacobean connections: piracy and politics in seventeenth-century drama and romance -- Politics and pirate typology in John Fletcher and Philip Massinger's late Jacobean pirate drama
Summary
By examining the often marginal figure of the pirate (and also the hard-to-distinguish privateer), The Culture of Piracy, 1580-1630 shows how flexibly these figures served to comment on English nationalism, international relations, and contemporary politics. The first book-length treatment of the cultural impact of Renaissance piracy, this study underlines how despite its transgressive nature, piracy can be seen as a key mechanism which served to connect peoples and regions
