The Algerine CaptiveApplewood Books, 9.12.2008 - 256 sivua After the Revolutionary War, American sailors lost the protection of Britain's Royal Navy and were easy prey for the pirates of the North African coast, who captured ships and cargo, enslaved crew, and demanded ransom from the U.S. Motivated by these events, Royall Tyler, the first American-born playwright, poet, and novelist, wrote "The Algerine Captive." Originally published anonymously in 1797, it tells the tale of fictitious Boston native Dr. Updike Underhill, his capture by Barbary pirates, and their efforts to convert him to their Muslim faith. Written in an entertaining and satiric style that predated Mark Twain, Tyler's novel reveals his patriotic pride and anti-slavery beliefs. His comments on the religious and cultural divide between Western and Islamic beliefs of the day still resonate today. |
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Tulokset 1 - 5 kokonaismäärästä 10
Sivu 9
... Captain John Underhill , -- his arrival in Mas- sachusetts , and Persecution by the first Settlers . I DERIVE MY birth from one of the first emigrants to New England , being lineally descended from captain John Underhill , who came into ...
... Captain John Underhill , -- his arrival in Mas- sachusetts , and Persecution by the first Settlers . I DERIVE MY birth from one of the first emigrants to New England , being lineally descended from captain John Underhill , who came into ...
Sivu 10
... Captain Underhill carried the dispatches to Eng- land , and delivered them at the office of lord Bur- leigh . The same evening the queen sent for the captain , and , with apparent perturbation , inquired of him , if he was the messenger ...
... Captain Underhill carried the dispatches to Eng- land , and delivered them at the office of lord Bur- leigh . The same evening the queen sent for the captain , and , with apparent perturbation , inquired of him , if he was the messenger ...
Sivu 11
... captain Underhill had taken the public dispatches , the queen sent for him to her privy closet , recalled her verbal message , delivered him a letter for Leicester directed with her own hand , and a purse of one hundred crowns for ...
... captain Underhill had taken the public dispatches , the queen sent for him to her privy closet , recalled her verbal message , delivered him a letter for Leicester directed with her own hand , and a purse of one hundred crowns for ...
Sivu 13
... captain Underhill , were banished . It is said by some authors , that he was charged with the heinous crime of adultery , and that he even confessed it . The candid American author above named has fallen into this error . As I am sure ...
... captain Underhill , were banished . It is said by some authors , that he was charged with the heinous crime of adultery , and that he even confessed it . The candid American author above named has fallen into this error . As I am sure ...
Sivu 14
... captain Underhill , was pri- vately dealt with , on suspicion of adultery , which he disregarded ; and therefore on the next sab- bath was questioned for it before the church ; but the evidence not being sufficient to convict him , the ...
... captain Underhill , was pri- vately dealt with , on suspicion of adultery , which he disregarded ; and therefore on the next sab- bath was questioned for it before the church ; but the evidence not being sufficient to convict him , the ...
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The Algerine Captive: The Life and Adventures of Doctor Updike Underhill ... Royall Tyler Rajoitettu esikatselu - 2010 |
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Adonah Alcoran ALGERINE CAPTIVE Algerines Algiers amuse ancestors apostle ARGUMENT arms Author AUTHOR'S Manuscript Poems Barbarossa bashaws blessed cadi caliph called camels Captain John Underhill captain Underhill CHAP Christian command confess coun court creed dey's divine doctor dollars dromedary England European eyes faith father favour fellow citizens fleet fortune grand seignior Greek hand holy honour houri HUDIBRAS hundred immediately infidel inhabitants kaaba labour lady land learned letters Lingua Franca Mahomet Mahometan master Mecca Medina miseries mollah mosque mule Mussulman nations native never observed officers parents passed patient person physician present priest prisoners prophet ransom reader received religion renegado respect retired rich sacred sent sherbet ship slavery slaves soon sooner soul Sublime Porte suffered Syria Thomas Paine thousand tion told torment town treaty tribe Tunis vessel whole William Blaxton wine wretch xebec young