Enter the press-gang : naval impressment in eighteenth-century British literature

Enter the press-gang : naval impressment in eighteenth-century British literature / Daniel James Ennis.

Author/creator	Ennis, Daniel James, 1970-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Newark : University of Delaware Press ; London ; Cranbury, NJ : Associated University Presses, ©2002.
Description	219 pages ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	English literature--18th century --History and criticism. Impressment in literature. Impressment--Great Britain --History --18th century. Naval art and sciences in literature. Seafaring life in literature. Sailors in literature. Ships in literature.

Contents	Naval impressment: history, practice, representation -- Press-gangs and the eighteenth-century British novel -- Impressment and the London stage -- "A narrative of the sufferings": impressment and autobiography -- "The cursed gang": ballads of impressment.
General note	Revision of author's dissertation (doctoral)--Auburn University.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-214) and index.
LCCN	2001048060
ISBN	0874137551 (alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	PR448.I53 E56 2002	✔ Available	Place Hold