Mr Bligh's bad language : passion, power, and theatre on the Bounty
1992, First Edition. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #418846
ISBN: 0521383706
Physical description; xii, 445 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-427) and index. Contents; 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. Subjects; Bligh, William 1754-1817. Voyage to the South Sea. Christian, Fletcher 1764-1793. Bounty (Ship). Bounty Mutiny, 1789. History of Australia and Oceania. Naval History. Pitcairn Islands History. Tahiti History. Polynesia History. Navies Mutinies.
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