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It's older than Hollywood. R.L.Stevenson's The Treasure Island (1883) did a lot to romanticize pirates and establish the tropes of the pirate genre (like treasu
by goto11 5y ago
It's older than Hollywood. R.L.Stevenson's The Treasure Island (1883) did a lot to romanticize pirates and establish the tropes of the pirate genre (like treasure maps).
In general you will see romantization of outlaw groups soon after they stop being a real-world threat.