The Unfortunate Traveller and Other Works Thomas Nashe Author

by Thomas Nashe

2021-04-11 10:43:19

Written in the late sixteenth century, at the pinnacle of the English Renaissance, the rich and ingenious works of Thomas Nashe uniquely reveal the ambivant nature of the Elizabethan era. Mingling the devout and the bawdy, scholarship and slang, they... Read more
Written in the late sixteenth century, at the pinnacle of the English Renaissance, the rich and ingenious works of Thomas Nashe uniquely reveal the ambivant nature of the Elizabethan era. Mingling the devout and the bawdy, scholarship and slang, they express throughout an irrepressible, inexhaustible wit and an astonishing command of language. This collection of Nashe's finest works includes The Unfortunate Traveller, the sharp and grotesque tale of Jack Wilton, an Englishman travelling through Europe; Pierce Penniless, a biting satire on the society of his age; Terrors of the Night; Lenten Stuff; the sensual poem The Choice of Valentines; and extracts from Christ's Tears over Jerusalem and other works. Wide-ranging in subject, all capture the unique voice and fantastic ingenuity of one of the most entertaining Elizabethan writers - a man regarded by his contemporaries as the 'English Juvenal'. Less

Book Details

Print pages512
PublisherPenguin UK
Publication date June 29, 2006
ISBN9780141905563
Thomas Nashe (baptized November 1567 – c. 1601) [also Nash] was an Elizabethan playwright, poet, satirist, and a significant pamphleteer. He is known for his novel The Unfortunate Traveller, his pam...

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