The Gull's Hornbook
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The Gull's Hornbook is a satirical early 17th-century guidebook by Thomas Dekker that humorously instructs fashionable London "gulls" on how to behave in society.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Gull's Hornbook canonical | 1 |
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
ⓘ
conduct book ⓘ satirical work ⓘ |
| approximatePublicationDate | early 1600s ⓘ |
| author | Thomas Dekker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| depicts |
London
NERFINISHED
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gulls (fashionable fops) ⓘ |
| describes |
conduct in churches
ⓘ
conduct in streets and public spaces ⓘ conduct in theaters ⓘ |
| genre |
humour
ⓘ
satire ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalContext | Jacobean London urban culture ⓘ |
| hasPart | chapters on behavior in public places ⓘ |
| hasReception | recognized as a key source on Jacobean manners ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
performance of gentility
ⓘ
satire of social pretension ⓘ urban manners ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacterType | gull (naive, fashion-obsessed man) ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Elizabethan city comedy ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
fashionable Londoners
ⓘ
urban readers ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Jacobean literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
colloquial prose
ⓘ
rhetorical exaggeration ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
London society
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fashionable young men ⓘ manners and social behavior ⓘ |
| modeOfAddress | mock-instructional ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | second person ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| parodies | serious conduct manuals ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| timePeriodOfWork | early 17th century ⓘ |
| tone |
humorous
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satirical ⓘ |
| usedAsSourceFor | studies of early modern London life ⓘ |
| workExampleOf | early modern English satire ⓘ |
| workPeriod | Renaissance literature ⓘ |
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