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Rogues, vagabonds, & sturdy beggars : a new gallery of Tudor and early Stuart rogue literature exposing the lives, times, and cozening tricks of the Elizabethan underworld /

Other Authors: Kinney, Arthur F.,
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, 1990.
Subjects:
English prose literature > Early modern, 1500-1700.
Rogues and vagabonds
Beggars
Street literature > England > London.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Beggars.
English prose literature > Early modern.
Manners and customs.
Rogues and vagabonds.
Street literature.
England > Social life and customs > 16th century
England > Social life and customs > 17th century
London (England) > Social life and customs
England.
England > London.
Online Access:http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=28595
Table of 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 (1566) / 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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