Pierce Penniless
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Pierce Penniless is a satirical prose pamphlet by Elizabethan writer Thomas Nashe, in which a down-and-out scholar bitterly complains about the vices and injustices of London society.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Elizabethan literature work
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satirical prose pamphlet ⓘ |
| approximatePublicationDecade | 1590s ⓘ |
| author | Thomas Nashe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsCharacterType |
courtiers
ⓘ
devils ⓘ gallants ⓘ personified sins ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| criticizes |
moral corruption in London
ⓘ
social inequality ⓘ urban vice ⓘ |
| genre |
complaint literature
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satire ⓘ |
| hasForm | pamphlet ⓘ |
| historicalContext | late 16th-century London society ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryInfluence | medieval complaint tradition ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | English Renaissance literature ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Elizabethan era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryTechnique |
personification of abstract vices
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satirical invective ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation | scholar ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | complaints to the devil ⓘ |
| narrativeMode | allegorical complaint ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | series of complaints ⓘ |
| narrativeVoice | first-person ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| protagonist | Pierce Penniless NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
London, England
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surface form:
London
|
| targetOfSatire |
London citizens
ⓘ
actors ⓘ clergy ⓘ courtly culture ⓘ gamblers ⓘ usurers ⓘ |
| theme |
corruption
ⓘ
hypocrisy ⓘ moral decay ⓘ poverty ⓘ social injustice ⓘ vices of London society ⓘ |
| tone |
bitter
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comic ⓘ ironic ⓘ |
| workOfAuthor | Thomas Nashe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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