The Seven Deadly Sins of London
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The Seven Deadly Sins of London is a 1606 prose pamphlet by Thomas Dekker that satirically exposes and moralizes about the vices and corrupt social habits of early modern London.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
early modern English literature work
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prose pamphlet ⓘ satirical work ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
English pamphlet literature
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city comedies and urban satire ⓘ |
| author | Thomas Dekker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnConcept | seven deadly sins ⓘ |
| contemporaryMonarch | James I of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| critiques |
commercial greed
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corrupt social habits of Londoners ⓘ extravagance ⓘ hypocrisy ⓘ |
| depicts | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
moralistic prose
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satire ⓘ |
| hasTitleElement | Seven deadly sins ⓘ |
| historicalContext | post-Elizabethan London ⓘ |
| intendedFunction |
moral instruction
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social satire ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | English Renaissance literature ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Jacobean era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
moral corruption
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religious morality ⓘ social criticism ⓘ urban vice ⓘ |
| medium | printed pamphlet ⓘ |
| narrativeMode | prose exposition ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1606 ⓘ |
| religiousFramework | Christian morality ⓘ |
| settingPlace | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingTime | early modern period ⓘ |
| targetAudience | London reading public ⓘ |
| workChronologyPosition | early 17th-century work of Thomas Dekker ⓘ |
| workOfAuthor | Thomas Dekker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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