The Gull’s Hornbook (Masterplots, Definitive Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Thomas Dekker
- First Published: 1609
- Type of Work: Satirical pamphlet
- Genres: Nonfiction, Satire, Didactic literature
- Subjects: England or English people, Seventeenth century, London, Human behavior, Drama or dramatists, Fools or jesters
Critical Evaluation:
Thomas Dekker, poet, playwright, pamphleteer, and moralist was one of the more prolific writers of the English Renaissance. While several of his plays, particularly THE SHOEMAKERS HOLIDAY, and several of his lyric poems are still widely known, his other writings are for the most part unread today. THE GULL’S HORNBOOK is an exception. This delightfully ironic satire on the young men about town in Dekker’s London has always been found to be well worth reading. As a valuable source of information on the customs and manners of the day, not the...
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