Pirates, Traitors, and Apostates: Renegade Identities in Early Modern English Writing

Laurie Ellinghausen

Published by University of Toronto Press 2018

Pirates, Traitors, and Apostates

Renegade Identities in Early Modern English Writing

Laurie Ellinghausen

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781487515782

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Examining tales of notorious figures in Renaissance England, 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.

Author / Editor information

Ellinghausen Laurie :

Laurie Ellinghausen is a professor of English at the University of Missouri, Kansas City.

Reviews

Katherine Acheson, University of Waterloo:

"Pirates, Traitors, and Apostates engages with lively and interesting material and offers a fruitful interpretation of the figure of the renegade in early modern literature."

Grace Moore:

‘Ellinghausen’s study is driven by a combination of contemporary affect and early modern humoural theories.’

Michelle M. Dowd, Hudson Strode professor of English, The University of Alabama :

"Laurie Ellinghausen's excellent book　Pirates, Traitors, and Apostates　makes a significant contribution to scholarship on the early British Empire by bringing a shrewd analysis of social relations to bear on representations of England’s emerging global economy. Ellinghausen’s assertion that renegades such as pirates and traitors need to be understood through domestic ideologies of class and social mobility is fresh and compelling, and her study will be of great value to a wide range of early modern scholars, including those interested in Renaissance drama, travel literature, class and the economy, affect studies, and globalization."

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction: Running Down the “Runagate” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. “Unquiet Hotspurs”: Stukeley, Vernon, and the Renegade Humour Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
2. “We Are of the Sea!”: Masterless Identity and Transnational Context in A Christian Turned Turk Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
3. “Lend Us Your Lament”: Purser and Clinton on the Scaffold Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
4. “Extravagant Thoughts”: The Sherley Brothers and the Future of Renegade England Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	99
Coda: “Skillful in Their Art”: Criminal Biography and the Renegade Inheritance Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	175

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 220

eBook

Published: January 16, 2018
ISBN: 9781487515782