Rogues, vagabonds, and sturdy beggars : a new gallery of Tudor and early Stuart rogue literature exposing the lives, times, and cozening tricks of the Elizabethan underworld / edited, with notes, from quartos of the first editions, by Arthur F. Kinney ; illustrations by John Lawrence.

Rogues, vagabonds, and sturdy beggars : a new gallery of Tudor and early Stuart rogue literature exposing the lives, times, and cozening tricks of the Elizabethan underworld / edited, with notes, from quartos of the first editions, by Arthur F. Kinney ; illustrations by John Lawrence. a new gallery of Tudor and early Stuart rogue literature exposing the lives, times, and cozening tricks of the Elizabethan underworld /

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Kinney, Arthur F. (Arthur Frederick), 1933-, Lawrence, John, 1933-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, 1990
Subjects:
English prose literature > Early modern, 1500-1700
Rogues and vagabonds > England > Literary collections
Beggars > England > Literary collections
Street literature > England > London
England > Social life and customs > 16th century > Pamphlets
England > Social life and customs > 17th century > Pamphlets
London (England) > Social life and customs > Sources
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Table of Contents:
  • Contents: Introduction - A manifest detection of diceplay (1552) / Gilbert Walker - The fraternity of vagabonds (1561) / John Awdeley - A caveat for common cursitors vulgarly called vagabonds (1556) / Thomas Harman - A notable discovery of cozenage (1591)/ Robert Greene - The black book's messenger (1592) / Robert Greene - Lantern and candle-light (1608) / Thomas Dekker - The art of juggling (1612) / Samuel Rid - Textual commentaries and notes - An Elizabethan glossary

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