Pierce Penniless, His Supplication to the Devil
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"Pierce Penniless, His Supplication to the Devil" is a satirical prose pamphlet by Thomas Nashe in which a down-and-out scholar bitterly complains about the vices and corruptions of Elizabethan society in the form of a mock petition to the Devil.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Elizabethan pamphlet
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satirical prose pamphlet ⓘ |
| author | Thomas Nashe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| genre |
complaint literature
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mock petition ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| influencedField | later English satire ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Elizabethan literature
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English Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | important example of Elizabethan satirical prose ⓘ |
| literaryTechnique |
personification of the Devil
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rhetorical complaint ⓘ satirical invective ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Pierce Penniless NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | mock petition to the Devil ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| originalMedium | printed pamphlet ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A poor scholar named Pierce Penniless addresses a bitter supplication to the Devil, cataloguing and condemning the vices of contemporary English society. ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | scholar ⓘ |
| protagonistTrait |
bitterly critical of society
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down-and-out ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 16th century ⓘ |
| relatedWorkAuthor | Thomas Nashe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | Elizabethan era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPlace | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetOfSatire |
Elizabethan society
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abuses in patronage ⓘ courtly corruption ⓘ urban vice ⓘ |
| theme |
abuse of power
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hypocrisy ⓘ moral decay ⓘ patronage and dependence ⓘ poverty ⓘ social corruption ⓘ vice ⓘ |
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