Eastward Ho! (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Ben Jonson, George Chapman, John Marston
- First Published: 1605
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Comedy
- Time of Work: c. 1605
- Genres: Satire, Drama, Comedy, Comedy of humors
- Subjects: Authors or writers, Victims, Seventeenth century, London, Apprentices, Laughter, Gold work or goldsmiths
- Locales: London, England
Places Discussed
Touchstone’s goldsmith shop. London shop that establishes the industrious middle-class nature of the goldsmith Touchstone. The shop helps to define the shrewd common sense that underlies Touchstone’s skepticism about the foolish dreams of his daughter Gertrude, who hopes to become a lady by marrying the improvident Sir Petronel, and the pretensions of Quicksilver, his apprentice, who imagines that he can become a gentleman of leisure by following untrustworthy friends and romantic illusions fostered by unrealistic plays.
Sir Petronel Flash’s...
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