Roguery in Print: Crime and Culture in Early Modern London
(Book #33 in the Studies in Early Modern Cultural, Political and Social history Series)
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Early modern England was fascinated by the figure of the rogue. The rogue, who could be a beggar or vagrant but also a cutpurse, conman, card sharp, and all-round 'trickster' or even a highwayman, appeared in a variety of texts including plays, ballads, romances, sermons, proclamations, and pamphlets. This book offers the first comprehensive analysis of an extensive body of rogue pamphlets published in London between the late sixteenth and late...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1783274409
ISBN13:9781783274406
Release Date:August 2019
Publisher:Boydell Press
Length:207 Pages
Weight:1.20 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"
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