{"product_id":"rogues-vagabonds-and-sturdy-beggars-new-gallery-of-tudor-and-early-stuart-rogue-literature-paperback-softback-9780870237188","title":"Rogues, Vagabonds and Sturdy Beggars; New Gallery of Tudor and Early Stuart Rogue Literature (Paperback \/ softback) 9780870237188","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eRogues, Vagabonds and Sturdy Beggars\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eNew Gallery of Tudor and Early Stuart Rogue Literature\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eArthur F. Kinney (Edited by), John Lawrence (Other)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780870237188\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 August 1990\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e328 pages, 18 illustrations\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.4 x 2.3 cm, 0.522 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eRogues, Vagabonds, and Sturdy Beggars\u003c\/i\u003e collects significant rogue books and cony catching pamphlets. Given the renewed interest in such texts in recent years, their availability in a modern edition is a considerable boon to Renaissance scholars―especially in an edition enhanced by Kinney's thorough and informative introduction.\"―Steven Mullaney, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe Elizabethan age was one of unbounded vitality and exuberance; nowhere is the color and action of life more vividly revealed than in the rogue books and cony-catching (confidence game) pamphlets of the sixteenth century. This book presents seven of the age's liveliest works: Walker's \u003ci\u003eManifest Detection of Dice Play\u003c\/i\u003e; Awdeley's \u003ci\u003eFraternity of Vagabonds\u003c\/i\u003e; Harman's \u003ci\u003eCaveat for Common Cursitors Vulgarly Called Vagabonds\u003c\/i\u003e; Greene's \u003ci\u003eNotable Discovery of Cozenage\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBlack Book's Messenger\u003c\/i\u003e; Dekker's \u003ci\u003eLantern and Candle-light\u003c\/i\u003e; and Rid's \u003ci\u003eArt of Juggling\u003c\/i\u003e. From these pages spring the denizens of the Elizabethan underworld: cutpurses, hookers, palliards, jarkmen, doxies, counterfeit cranks, bawdy-baskets, walking morts, and priggers of prancers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn his introduction, Arthur F. Kinney discusses the significance of these works as protonovels and their influence on such writers as Shakespeare. He also explores the social, political, and economic conditions of a time that spawned a community of renegades who conned their way to fame, fortune, and, occasionally, the rope at Tyburn.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Massachusetts Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52523050631448,"sku":"9780870237188","price":25.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/rogues-vagabonds-and-sturdy-beggars-new-gallery-of-tudor-and-early-stuart-rogue-literature-paperback-softback-9780870237188","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}