| Main Title: |
Mr Bligh's bad language : passion, power and theatre on the Bounty / Greg Dening. |
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| Author: |
Dening, Greg, 1931-2008
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| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press, 1992, 1994 |
| Collation: |
xii, 445 p. : ill., portraits, maps, facsims, notes, bib., index, pbk ; 22cm. |
| Summary: |
Act 1. The Ship. Scene i. Narrative. Fatal Histories. Mr. Bligh's Bad Language. Mr. Christian's Lot. Sad Passions and Damned Oeconomy. Scene ii. Reflection. Some Cliometrics of Violence. Some Non-Cliometrics of Violence. Iudicatio (law) and Coercio (force). Dreams of Perfect Naval Discipline. Midshipmanship. Captaining. Texts for Discipline. White Jacket -- Entr'acte: Sharks That Walk On The Land -- Act 2. The Beach. Scene i. Narrative. Between Land and Sea. An Icon of the Beach. Flags and Feather Girdles. Interlude: On Sacrifice. Another Sort of Altar Stone. Managing the Sublime. Scene ii. Reflection. In the Name of the Revolution . . . of the King . . . of the President. Going Native. Possessing Others with a Laugh -- Entr'acte: Ralph Wewitzer: The First 'Captain Bligh' -- Act 3. The Island. Scene i. Narrative. A Murderous Settlement. 'Innocence Better Imagined than Described'. 'Poore Orfing'. Politics on Pitcairn. Scene ii. Reflection. Representation and the Contribution of Errol Flynn, Clark Gable, Marlon Brando and Mel Gibson to Cultural Literacy. |
| Subject: |
Bligh, William, 1754-1817
Bounty (Ship)
Mutiny
European exploration and explorers
Pitcairn Island
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| Series: |
Canto
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| ISBN: |
0521467187 (pbk) : 0521383706 (hbk) |
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