Mr Bligh's Bad Language: Passion, Power & Theatre on the Bounty by Greg Dening

Mr Bligh's Bad Language: Passion, Power & Theatre on the Bounty by Greg Dening

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Book Type: SECONDHAND
ISBN: 9780521466660
Author: Greg Dening
Edition: 2nd Edition
Publisher: Canto
Place: Melbourne VIC
Year: 1994
Format: Paperback
Pages: 445 pages
Period: 18th Century

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Slight slant to spine. Previous owner has signed inside page. Minor marks on right foredge.

Captain Bligh and the mutiny on the Bounty have become proverbial in their capacity to evoke the extravagant and violent abuse of power. But William Bligh was one of the least violent disciplinarians in the British navy.

It is this paradox that inspired Greg Dening to ask why the mutiny took place. His book explores the theatrical nature of what was enacted in the power-play on deck, on the beaches of Tahiti and in the murderous settlement at Pitcairn, on the altar stones and temples of sacrifice, and on the catheads from which men were hanged.

Part of the key lies in the curious puzzle of Mr Bligh's bad language.

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