1st Edition
Maritime Musicians and Performers on Early Modern English Voyages The Lives of the Seafaring Middle Class
By James Seth
Copyright 2022
212 Pages
by
Routledge
212 Pages
by
Routledge
212 Pages
by
Routledge
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Maritime Musicians and Performers on Early Modern English Voyages aims to tell the full story of early English shipboard performers, who have been historically absent from conversations about English navigation, maritime culture, and economic expansion. Often described reductively in voyaging accounts as having one function, in fact maritime performers served many communicative tasks. Their... Read more
Acknowledgements, Introduction: A Tale of Two Trumpeters, Part One The Players, 1. Naval Musicians, 2. Civilian Performers, Professional and Amateur, Part Two The Performances, 3. Signalling and Communicating, 4. Courtly Rituals and Casual Entertainments, 5. Diplomacy and Trade, Conclusion, Bibliography, Index
Biography
James Seth is an Assistant Professor of English at Central Washington University. He teaches and researches Shakespeare, early modern drama, maritime literature, and early English voyaging history.
