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Shorter Novels: Elizabethan

George Saintsbury

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Prose fiction followed the invention of the printing press, and the Elizabethan period provides us with numerous works of this genre, after the almost exclusively verse fiction of medieval times.

The novels of Thomas Deloney represent the first consistent attempt in English literature at drawing material for fiction from the everyday life of ordinary people. He is represented here by Thomas of Reading which 'honours the clothiers', and Jacke of Newberie which 'celebrates a wealthy weaver'.

Robert Greene is represented here by Carde of Fancie, a moralistic romance of a type which at that time was the craze of the more cultured reading public who turned from reality and lost themselves among improbable adventures in Egypt, Greece or Bohemia.

Thomas Nashe is represented by his Unfortunate Traveller, the first of English historical tales, anticipating the work of Daniel Defoe.

Language: English

Pages: 356

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Dent Dutton

Release: May 22, 1966

ISBN: 0460008242

ISBN 13: 0460008242

Shorter Novels: Elizabethan

George Saintsbury

4/5 ( ratings)

Prose fiction followed the invention of the printing press, and the Elizabethan period provides us with numerous works of this genre, after the almost exclusively verse fiction of medieval times.

The novels of Thomas Deloney represent the first consistent attempt in English literature at drawing material for fiction from the everyday life of ordinary people. He is represented here by Thomas of Reading which 'honours the clothiers', and Jacke of Newberie which 'celebrates a wealthy weaver'.

Robert Greene is represented here by Carde of Fancie, a moralistic romance of a type which at that time was the craze of the more cultured reading public who turned from reality and lost themselves among improbable adventures in Egypt, Greece or Bohemia.

Thomas Nashe is represented by his Unfortunate Traveller, the first of English historical tales, anticipating the work of Daniel Defoe.

Language: English

Pages: 356

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Dent Dutton

Release: May 22, 1966

ISBN: 0460008242

ISBN 13: 0460008242

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