Rogues, Vagabonds, and Sturdy Beggars: A New Gallery of Tudor and Early Stuart Rogue Literature Exposing the Lives, Times, and Cozening Tricks of the Elizabethan Underworld
by Arthur F. Kinney, John Lawrence
Explore Tudor and early Stuart rogue literature through a gallery devoted to the lives, times, and cozening tricks associated with the Elizabethan underworld. This volume offers an historical and literary perspective on rogues, vagabonds, sturdy beggars, and the writings that portrayed them.
About This Book
Rogues, Vagabonds, and Sturdy Beggars presents a gallery of Tudor and early Stuart rogue literature.
The book focuses on representations of the Elizabethan underworld, including its rogues, vagabonds, sturdy beggars, and their reported cozening tricks.
Arthur F. Kinney and John Lawrence bring together material centered on the lives and times depicted in this distinctive body of literature.
It offers readers an historical and literary view of early modern writing about marginal and criminal figures.
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