The Unfortunate Traveller and Other Works (Penguin Classics)

The Unfortunate Traveller and Other Works (Penguin Classics)

"Pamphleteer, poet, story-teller, satirist, scholar, moralist and jester . . ."

Thomas Nashe, a contemporary of Shakespeare, was writing in the 1590s, the zenith of the English Renaissance. Rebellious in spirit, conservative in philosophy, Nashe's brilliant and comic invective earned him a reputation as the "English Juvenal" who "carried the deadly stockado in his pen." In its mingling of the devout and bawdy, scholarship and slang, its brutality and its constant awareness of the imminence of death, his work epitomizes the ambivalence of the Elizabethans. Above all, Nashe was a great entertainer, "his stories are told for pleasure in telling, his jokes are cracked for the fun of them, and his whole style speaks of a relish for living."

In addition toÂ The Unfortunate Traveller, this volume containsÂ Pierce Penniless,Â The Terrors of the Night,Lenten StuffÂ andÂ The Choice of Valentines, and extracts fromÂ Christ's Tears over Jerusalem,Â The Anatomy of Absurdity, and other works.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700Â titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust theÂ series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-dateÂ translations by award-winning translators.
Country USA
Brand Penguin
Manufacturer Penguin Classics
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber bibliography
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 1972-05-30
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780140430677

Country	USA
Brand	Penguin
Manufacturer	Penguin Classics
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	bibliography
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	1972-05-30
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780140430677

The Unfortunate Traveller and Other Works (Penguin Classics)

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