Claire Jowitt Forfatter
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Richard Hakluyt and Travel Writing in Early Modern Europe (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Best known as editor of "The Principal Navigations" (1589; expanded 1598-1600), Hakluyt was a key figure in promoting English colonial and... Læs mere
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The Culture of Piracy, 1580–1630: English Literature and Seaborne Crime (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Offers an analysis of the cultural meanings of 'piracy'. By examining the often marginal figure of the pirate (and also the... Læs mere
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The Arts of 17th-Century Science: Representations of the Natural World in European and North American Culture (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
An examination of the world of the "new science" of the 17th century. The poet Milton imagines a supine feminised world colluding in her own submission to a virile new patriarchal authority. With the "abdication" of God, man becomes governor, even protector of the world.
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