I'm not really approaching it from any angle, really. It's not research - at least, not yet: you can never tell what'll end up in a story, really, can you? - I'm just feeding my brain some variety. :)
I was curious, I suppose, about the 'Golden Age of Sail' and the whole mythology attached to seafaring and especially piracy in the 18th century. Not to mention Rediker was approaching it from, basically, the angle of labour relations. I find social history especially fascinating, when it's well done. Alas, all too shortly I'll have to start concentrating on background reading for my courses next year, so I'm enjoying the freedom to be an intellectual dilettante while it lasts.
You're writing a seafaring novel? Cool. What's it about?
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Date: 2007-06-12 12:27 pm (UTC)I was curious, I suppose, about the 'Golden Age of Sail' and the whole mythology attached to seafaring and especially piracy in the 18th century. Not to mention Rediker was approaching it from, basically, the angle of labour relations. I find social history especially fascinating, when it's well done. Alas, all too shortly I'll have to start concentrating on background reading for my courses next year, so I'm enjoying the freedom to be an intellectual dilettante while it lasts.
You're writing a seafaring novel? Cool. What's it about?