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Piracy and Captivity in the Mediterranean: 1550-1810
Mario Klarer
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Hardback. Editor(s): Klarer, Mario. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HBJH; HBLH; HBTB; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Piracy and Captivity in the Mediterranean explores the early modern genre of European Barbary Coast captivity narratives from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century. During this period, the Mediterranean Sea was the setting of large-scale corsairing that resulted in the capture or enslavement of Europeans and Americans by North African pirates, as well as of North Africans by European forces, turning the Barbary Coast into the nemesis of any who went to sea. Through a variety of specifically selected narrative case studies, this book displays the blend of ... Read more
Piracy and Captivity in the Mediterranean explores the early modern genre of European Barbary Coast captivity narratives from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century. During this period, the Mediterranean Sea was the setting of large-scale corsairing that resulted in the capture or enslavement of Europeans and Americans by North African pirates, as well as of North Africans by European forces, turning the Barbary Coast into the nemesis of any who went to sea. Through a variety of specifically selected narrative case studies, this book displays the blend of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
Number of Pages
282
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781138640276
SKU
V9781138640276
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About Mario Klarer
Mario Klarer is a professor of American Studies at the University of Innsbruck. He is the author of several Routledge textbooks, monographs on literature and the visual arts as well as literary utopias. His forthcoming publications include a primary text anthology of Barbary Coast captivity narratives and a digital edition of the Ambraser Heldenbuch.
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