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Treasure Neverland compares the facts of real eighteenth-century pirate lives with how they were transformed artistically for historical novels, popular melodramas, boyish adventures, and Hollywood films.
Treasure Neverland is a valuable study of the many shifts in the pirate-story genre.
Neil Rennie's Treasure Neverland examines priates both real and imagined. beginning with a valuable historical overview that seeks to distinguish the reality of life on the high seas ... Treasure Neverland is a valuable study of the many shifts in the pirate-story genre.
scholarly and entertaining... Rennie not only manages to explain where the pirates of popular imagination come from, but also gives a fascinating example of how historical realities can be transformed into the conventions of fiction.
Intelligent, erudite and yet intensely readable and absorbing
Neil Rennie spent his childhood in exotic islands and strict boarding schools and has written studies and histories of travel as well as of literature and ideas. He teaches at University College London.
Treasure Neverland is a valuable study of the many shifts in the pirate-story genre.
Neil Rennie's Treasure Neverland examines priates both real and imagined. beginning with a valuable historical overview that seeks to distinguish the reality of life on the high seas ... Treasure Neverland is a valuable study of the many shifts in the pirate-story genre.
scholarly and entertaining... Rennie not only manages to explain where the pirates of popular imagination come from, but also gives a fascinating example of how historical realities can be transformed into the conventions of fiction.
Intelligent, erudite and yet intensely readable and absorbing
Neil Rennie spent his childhood in exotic islands and strict boarding schools and has written studies and histories of travel as well as of literature and ideas. He teaches at University College London.