1st Edition

Thomas Nashe (Routledge Revivals) Selected Works

By Stanley Wells Copyright 1964
    384 Pages
    by Routledge

    384 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book, first published in 1964, is devoted to Thomas Nashe. Shakespeare’s plays have many apparent echoes of his matter and style; he was one of the most adventurous and successful of those who tried to explore the possibilities of the language and to embellish it was an eloquence both learned and popular. Moreover, he is a conscientious and delighted portrayer of the London of his time; he combines the interests of a Mayhew with the exuberance of a Dylan Thomas. This book will be of interest to students of literature.

    Acknowledgements;  Introduction;  Pierce Penniless his Supplication to the DevilSummer’s Last Will and TestamentThe Terrors of the Night; AmbitionThe Unfortunate TravellerRobert Greene;  The Life of Gabriel HarveyHero and LeanderThe Pope and the Herring;  Textual Appendix;  Glossarial Notes

    Biography

    Stanley Wells