Roguery in Print: Crime and Culture in Early Modern London

(Book #33 in the Studies in Early Modern Cultural, Political and Social history Series)

by Lena Liapi

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The first comprehensive analysis of an extensive body of rogue pamphlets published in early modern London.

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...

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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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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