| Pirates, Traitors, and Apostates: Renegade Identities in Early Modern English Writing Subjects: English literature -- Early modern 1500–1700 -- History and criticism; Rogues and vagabonds in literature; Outlaws in literature; Outsiders in literature; Outcasts in literature; Social classes in literature; Examining tales of notorious figures in Renaissance England, Laurie Ellinghausen sheds new light on the construction of the early modern renegade and its depiction in English prose, poetry, and drama during a period of capitalist expansion. Ellinghausen Laurie : Laurie Ellinghausen is a professor of English at the University of Missouri, Kansas City. |