Pirates in Fiction and Reality
The Representation of Pirates in Texts by Defoe, Cooper, Marryat, Stevenson and Barrie
(Sprache: Englisch)
The stories of roughneck pirates roaming the decks of black-flagged vesselshave fascinated readers of all ages since their early beginnings and haveshaped today's common conception of pirate life and sea adventures. Byexamining the representation of pirates...
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The stories of roughneck pirates roaming the decks of black-flagged vessels
have fascinated readers of all ages since their early beginnings and have
shaped today's common conception of pirate life and sea adventures. By
examining the representation of pirates in Daniel Defoe's 'Captain Singleton',
James Fenimore Cooper's 'The Red Rover', Frederick Marryat's 'The Pirate',
Robert Louis Stevenson's 'Treasure Island' and J.M. Barrie's 'Peter Pan', the
author not only compares the image created by fiction to the reality of the
'Golden Age of Piracy', but tries to answer the question of why, after more
than 200 years, people are still fascinated by vicious pirate captains on
awesome vessels and deserted Caribbean islands. The thesis casts a glance at
the legends behind the stories of Silver, Hook and Co. Were they really
mythical figures or simply ill-mannered searobbers that did not live up to
their reputation?
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The stories of roughneck pirates roaming the decks of black-flagged vesselshave fascinated readers of all ages since their early beginnings and have
shaped today's common conception of pirate life and sea adventures. By
examining the representation of pirates in Daniel Defoe's 'Captain Singleton',
James Fenimore Cooper's 'The Red Rover', Frederick Marryat's 'The Pirate',
Robert Louis Stevenson's 'Treasure Island' and J.M. Barrie's 'Peter Pan', the
author not only compares the image created by fiction to the reality of the
'Golden Age of Piracy', but tries to answer the question of why, after more
than 200 years, people are still fascinated by vicious pirate captains on
awesome vessels and deserted Caribbean islands. The thesis casts a glance at
the legends behind the stories of Silver, Hook and Co. Were they really
mythical figures or simply ill-mannered searobbers that did not live up to
their reputation?
Autoren-Porträt von Lucinda Streng
Lucinda Streng graduated from DortmundUniversity in 2007 with a Master's degree inApplied Literature and Cultural Studies, Journalismand Business Adminstration. She is currentlyworking as a translator and interpreter for Englishand German in the Ruhr area.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Lucinda Streng
- 2008, 140 Seiten, Maße: 17 x 24 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
- ISBN-10: 3836454793
- ISBN-13: 9783836454797
Sprache:
Englisch
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