| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
1. The pamphlets in London -- 2. Debts of various kinds : Dekker's relationships -- 3. 'The eares brothell' : Dekker's London -- 4. Vice, folly, and rogues -- 5. Sin, plague, and the politics of peace |
| Summary |
The book looks at the career of the London playwright and prose pamphleteer Thomas Dekker between the years 1613 and 1628. The period and subject matter link the book with mainstream historical and literary topics, most particularly to the longer-term history of the Civil Wars and to popular literature and drama in the age of Shakespeare and Jonson. Pamphlets have been used as sources for topics ranging from witchcraft to popular politics, and this book seeks to inform more careful readings of such sources. Drawing on interdisciplinary historical methods and literary scholarship, it uses litera |
| Notes |
Previously issued in print: Farnham: Ashgate, 2014 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
CIP data; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Dekker, Thomas, approximately 1572-1632 -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Dekker, Thomas, approximately 1572-1632 fast |
| Subject |
Pamphleteers -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century
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Pamphleteers
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- History -- James I, 1603-1625 -- Pamphlets
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| Subject |
Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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Pamphlets
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317010500 |
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1317010507 |
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9781317010494 |
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1317010493 |
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9781317010517 |
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1317010515 |
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