The first volume devoted to literary pirates in the nineteenth century, this collection examines changes in the representation of the pirate from the beginning

This collection of new essays covers the myriad portrayals of the figure of the pirate in historical records, literary narratives, films, television series, ope

Postmodern Pirates offers a comprehensive analysis of Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean series and the pirate motif through the lens of postmodern theories. S

The central argument of Edward Said’s Orientalism is that the relationship between Britain and its colonies was primarily oppositional, based on contrasts bet

Hostis humani generis, meaning "enemy of humankind," is the legal basis by which Western societies have defined such criminals as pirates, torturers, or terrori