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Thomas Nashe and literary performance
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- Book Synopsis
- As an instigator of debate and a defender of tradition, a man of letters and a popular hack, a writer of erotica and a spokesman for bishops, an urbane metropolitan and a celebrant of local custom, the various textual performances of Thomas Nashe have elicited, and continue to provoke, a range of contradictory reactions. Nashe's often incongruous authorial characteristics suggest that, as a 'King of Pages', he not only courted controversy but also deliberately cultivated a variety of public personae, acquiring a reputation more slippery than the herrings he celebrated in print. Collectively, the essays in this book illustrate how Nashe excelled at textual performance but his personae became a contested site as readers actively participated and engaged in the reception of Nashe's public image and his works.
- About The Author
- Chloe Kathleen Preedy is Associate Professor in Early Modern Drama at the University of Exeter Rachel Willie is Reader in Early Modern Literary Studies at Liverpool John Moores University
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- ISBN
- 9781526195524
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press, (20 January 2026)
- Number of Pages
- 224
- Weight
- 263.6 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 216 x 140 x 11.9 mm
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