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Mr Bligh's Bad Language: Passion, Power and Theater on H. M. Armed Vessel Bounty
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- “pages are tight and unmarked, spine has a light crease but is not cracked, cover is good”
- ISBN
- 9780521466660
- Publication Year
- 1993
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Mr Bligh's Bad Language : Passion, Power and Theatre on H. M. Armed Vessek Bounty
- Item Length
- 9.4in
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Genre
- History
- Topic
- General, Europe / Great Britain / General
- Item Width
- 6.3in
- Number of Pages
- 464 Pages
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Captain Bligh is a cliche of our times for the extravagant and violent misuse of power. In fact, William Bligh was one of the least physically violent disciplinarians in the British navy. That paradox inspires the author to ask why, then, did Bligh have a mutiny? Its answer is to display the theatricality of naval institutions and the mythologizing power of history. Mr Bligh's Bad Language is an anthropological and historical study of the mutiny on the Bounty, and its role in society and culture. Throughout the book, Greg Dening draws on a wide range of intellectual influences, ending with the cinematic versions of the mutiny in the twentieth century.
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Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10
0521466660
ISBN-13
9780521466660
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Product Key Features
Book Title
Mr Bligh's Bad Language : Passion, Power and Theatre on H. M. Armed Vessek Bounty
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
General, Europe / Great Britain / General
Publication Year
1993
Genre
History
Number of Pages
464 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.4in
Item Width
6.3in
Additional Product Features
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Du800 .D43 1992
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‘He uses the career of Captain Bligh to brilliant effect as a parable about power, symbol-making, the working of history … This is a densely written work, scrupulous in its scholarship, absorbing in its detail and narrative scope.’Daily Telegraph, "Mutiny on the Bounty" summons to the popular mind images of violence and power on the high seas. Dening restores a sense of perspective in this fascinating study of the Bounty through images of space, language, and ceremony in Britain's Royal Navy of the late 18th century....Dening provides excellent details of the daily life of seamen and officers from the perspectives of history and anthropology." Library Journal, 'Greg Dening treats his subject with scholarly thoroughness, presenting the data of the mutiny on the 'Bounty' against a clearly etched background of contemporary maritime conditions, the harsh realities of life at sea and the extensive mythology that the event has engendered, not least in the romantic films that have distorted the truth in favour of dramatic impression.'The Keswick Reminder, 'He uses the career of Captain Bligh to brilliant effect as a parable about power, symbol-making, the working of history ... This is a densely written work, scrupulous in its scholarship, absorbing in its detail and narrative scope.' Daily Telegraph, 'The author brilliantly proves his thesis. He sets the Bounty not only in it's natural environment, the sea and already well researched, but he adds it's place in the social world as it was at the time in England and Tahiti ... This is a book of scholarship which I most strongly recommend to those interested in human relationships and the effect of the environment on these very fragile flowers.' Rear Admiral Peter Dingeman, Nautical Books Review, ‘The author brilliantly proves his thesis. He sets the Bounty not only in it’s natural environment, the sea and already well researched, but he adds it's place in the social world as it was at the time in England and Tahiti … This is a book of scholarship which I most strongly recommend to those interested in human relationships and the effect of the environment on these very fragile flowers.’Rear Admiral Peter Dingeman, Nautical Books Review, 'Greg Dening treats his subject with scholarly thoroughness, presenting the data of the mutiny on the 'Bounty' against a clearly etched background of contemporary maritime conditions, the harsh realities of life at sea and the extensive mythology that the event has engendered, not least in the romantic films that have distorted the truth in favour of dramatic impression.' The Keswick Reminder, 'The author brilliantly proves his thesis. He sets the Bounty not only in it's natural environment, the sea and already well researched, but he adds it's place in the social world as it was at the time in England and Tahiti ... This is a book of scholarship which I most strongly recommend to those interested in human relationships and the effect of the environment on these very fragile flowers.'Rear Admiral Peter Dingeman, Nautical Books Review, "Mr. Bligh's Bad Language is quirky; Dening casts a net so wide one never knows what he'll bring up next...On the other hand, the omnivorous approach also produces countless insights, provocative evaluations and fresh relationships, and is a genuine contribution to the literature of the subject." Boston Globe, 'The author brilliantly proves his thesis. He sets the Bounty not only in it's natural environment, the sea and already well researched, but he adds it's place in the social world as it was at the time in England and Tahiti … This is a book of scholarship which I most strongly recommend to those interested in human relationships and the effect of the environment on these very fragile flowers.' Rear Admiral Peter Dingeman, Nautical Books Review, ' … a powerful new account of an event that has, over two centuries, helped to define our modern understandings of tyranny and resistance … imaginative and learned, engaging and entertaining, much to be enjoyed by anyone interested in society and culture of wooden ships and iron men.' Marcus Rediker, Georgetown University, ' ... a powerful new account of an event that has, over two centuries, helped to define our modern understandings of tyranny and resistance ... imaginative and learned, engaging and entertaining, much to be enjoyed by anyone interested in society and culture of wooden ships and iron men.'Marcus Rediker, Georgetown University, ' … succeeds in providing new insight … Dening picks at the bare bones of the Fletcher Christian versus William Bligh story to reconstruct a breathing body.' New Statesman and Society, "...after only a short time with Mr. Bligh's Bad Language, readers will recognize that this is a truly major historical work that transcends Bligh and the BountyI voyage to confront much broader historical questioins involving analysis, interpretation, and research." The Northern Mariner, ' ... succeeds in providing new insight ... Dening picks at the bare bones of the Fletcher Christian versus William Bligh story to reconstruct a breathing body.'New Statesman and Society, ‘ … succeeds in providing new insight … Dening picks at the bare bones of the Fletcher Christian versus William Bligh story to reconstruct a breathing body.’New Statesman and Society, ‘Greg Dening treats his subject with scholarly thoroughness, presenting the data of the mutiny on the ‘Bounty’ against a clearly etched background of contemporary maritime conditions, the harsh realities of life at sea and the extensive mythology that the event has engendered, not least in the romantic films that have distorted the truth in favour of dramatic impression.’The Keswick Reminder, ' ... a powerful new account of an event that has, over two centuries, helped to define our modern understandings of tyranny and resistance ... imaginative and learned, engaging and entertaining, much to be enjoyed by anyone interested in society and culture of wooden ships and iron men.' Marcus Rediker, Georgetown University, "...works through the layers of myth and misrepresentation which rapidly gathered around Bligh following the mutiny, discussing the concerns people brought to this incident...All this makes fascinating reading and it is backed by exquisitely detailed research...Dening's discussion of others' works that bear on the actualities of seafaring and the attitudes of succeeding ages is alone worth the price of admission." Sea History, ' ... succeeds in providing new insight ... Dening picks at the bare bones of the Fletcher Christian versus William Bligh story to reconstruct a breathing body.' New Statesman and Society, "[Dening] has written a classic, an absorbing book likely long to remain the definitive analysis of the mutiny." Times Literary Supplement, ‘ … a powerful new account of an event that has, over two centuries, helped to define our modern understandings of tyranny and resistance … imaginative and learned, engaging and entertaining, much to be enjoyed by anyone interested in society and culture of wooden ships and iron men.’Marcus Rediker, Georgetown University, "Greg Dening has produced a powerful new account of an event that has, over two centuries, helped to define our modern understandings of tyranny and resistance. His tale about Bligh and the mutineers is imaginative and learned, engaging and entertaining, much to be enjoyed by anyone interested in the society and culture of wooden ships and iron men." Marcus Rediker, Georgetown University, "This is a post-Simon Schama history, told with the ambiguities of cultural analysis, and the excitements of fiction." The Observer, "As a stunningly original meditation on the illusions of power and possession, Dening's study raises profound questions concerning the lessons of history and the uses of the past." Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, "A learned, humane, provocative 'creative reading' of mutiny on the Bounty--the events; their meaning and representation in native lore, British life, the theater, and cinema; and their historical value. An engaging style and familiarity with political, naval, theater and film history, with anthropology, and with thinkers such as Foucault, Barthes, and Lévi-Strauss enrich this 'celebratory narrative,' as Dening calls it. A fascinating, essential chapter in the history of the Bounty." Kirkus Reviews, 'He uses the career of Captain Bligh to brilliant effect as a parable about power, symbol-making, the working of history … This is a densely written work, scrupulous in its scholarship, absorbing in its detail and narrative scope.' Daily Telegraph, 'He uses the career of Captain Bligh to brilliant effect as a parable about power, symbol-making, the working of history ... This is a densely written work, scrupulous in its scholarship, absorbing in its detail and narrative scope.'Daily Telegraph
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