Thomas Nashe and Late Elizabethan Writing - Hardcover
by Andrew Hadfield (Author)
A critical biography of one of the most celebrated prose stylists in early modern English.
This book provides an overview of the life and work of the scandalous Renaissance writer Thomas Nashe (1567-c.1600), whose writings led to the closure of theaters and widespread book bans. Famous for his scurrilous novel, The Unfortunate Traveller (1594), Nashe also played a central role in early English theater, collaborating with Ben Jonson, Christopher Marlowe, and William Shakespeare. Through religious controversies, pornographic poetry, and the bubonic plague, Andrew Hadfield traces the uproarious history of this celebrated English writer.Andrew Hadfield is professor of English at the University of Sussex. He is the author of many books, including Lying in Early Modern English Literature and Culture. He is a general editor of the complete works of Thomas Nashe and a regular reviewer for the Times Literary Supplement.
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