In the book A General History of the Pyrates, often attributed to Daniel Defoe, Anne Bonny and Mary Read are cast as clear examples of this archetype. They are made sinful, beastly deviants who refuse to conform to the passive gender norms expected of her. This is made evident by
Compare and contrast the careers of the pirate captains in the first phase of piracy with that of Bartholomew Roberts. What similarities can we detect? Differences? Why did the careers of the early pirates differ so much from that of Roberts? It is said that Bartholomew Roberts didn’t even want to be a pirate. Bartholomew was stationed onboard a slave ship named the Princessen when it was captured by pirates. This pirate ship was captained by Howell Davis, who was a Welshman. Roberts, also being
In 1860, Charles Eden and his companions travelled to the ruined city of Leon in Nicaragua, to scale the nearby volcano of El Viejo. From his account of this journey, within first edition of The Alpine Journal in 1864, was the earliest known mention of the phrase ‘golden age of piracy’ is used. The ‘golden age of piracy’ is a problematic term, both to define and to use in historiographical debate. Piracy on the one hand, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is “the practice of attacking and
Defoe, Richardson, Fielding and the English Novel The roots of the novel extend as far back as the beginning of communication and language because the novel is a compilation of various elements that have evolved over the centuries. The birth of the English novel, however, can be centered on the work of three writers of the 18th century: Daniel Defoe (1660-1731), Samuel Richardson (1689-1761) and Henry Fielding (1707-1754). Various critics have deemed both Defoe and Richardson the father of