British Pirates in Print and Performance
Fictional or real, pirates haunted the imagination of the 18th and 19th-century-British public during this great period of maritime commerce, exploration, and naval conflict. "British Pirates in Print and Performance" explores representations of pirates through dozens of stage performances, including adaptations by Byron, Scott, and Cooper.
Bio
Manushag "Nush" Powell is professor and chair of the Department of English at Arizona State University.
Praise for this book
A fascinating exposition of piracy on deck and piracy on stage where art imitates life and life imitates art in the performative lives of famous male and female pirates and actors from the seventeenth through the nineteenth centuries, with a few glimpses into the present world of Disney movies and swashbuckling computer games.
Richard Matlak College of the Holy Cross
