Pirates in History and Popular Culture

Pirates in History and Popular Culture
Author: Antonio Sanna
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 261
Release: 2018-09-12
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1476633096

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This collection of new essays covers the myriad portrayals of the figure of the pirate in historical records, literary narratives, films, television series, opera, anime and games. Contributors explore the nuances of both real and fictional pirates, giving attention to renowned works such as Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island, J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan, the Pirates of the Caribbean saga, and the anime One Piece, as well as less well known works such as pirate romances, William Clarke Russell’s The Frozen Pirate, Lionel Lindsay’s artworks, Steven Speilberg’s The Adventures of Tintin, and Pastafarian texts.


Pirates in History and Popular Culture
Language: en
Pages: 261
Authors: Antonio Sanna
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-09-12 - Publisher: McFarland

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This collection of new essays covers the myriad portrayals of the figure of the pirate in historical records, literary narratives, films, television series, ope
Pirates in History and Popular Culture
Language: en
Pages: 262
Authors: Antonio Sanna
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-09-14 - Publisher: McFarland

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This collection of new essays covers the myriad portrayals of the figure of the pirate in historical records, literary narratives, films, television series, ope
Pirating Fictions
Language: en
Pages: 312
Authors: Monica F. Cohen
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-01-02 - Publisher: University of Virginia Press

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Two distinctly different meanings of piracy are ingeniously intertwined in Monica Cohen's lively new book, which shows how popular depictions of the pirate held
The Golden Age of Piracy
Language: en
Pages: 265
Authors: David Head
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-06-15 - Publisher: University of Georgia Press

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Twelve authors shed new light on the true history and enduring mythology of seventeenth– and eighteenth–century pirates in this anthology of scholarly essay
Pirates of the Chesapeake Bay: From the Colonial Era to the Oyster Wars
Language: en
Pages: 160
Authors: Jamie L. H. Goodall
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020 - Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

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The story of Chesapeake pirates and patriots begins with a land dispute and ends with the untimely death of an oyster dredger at the hands of the Maryland Oyste