{"product_id":"rogues-vagabonds-and-sturdy-beggars-arthur-f-kinney-9780870237188","title":"Rogues, Vagabonds, and Sturdy Beggars: A New Gallery of Tudor and Early Stuart Rogue Literature Exposing the Lives, Times, and Cozening Tricks of the","description":"The Elizabethan age was one of unbounded vitality and exuberance; nowhere is the color and action of life more vividly revealed than in the rogue books and cony-catching (confidence game) pamphlets of the sixteenth century. This book presents seven of the age's liveliest works: Walker's \u003ci\u003eManifest Detection of Dice Play\u003c\/i\u003e; Awdeley's \u003ci\u003eFraternity of Vagabonds\u003c\/i\u003e; Harman's \u003ci\u003eCaveat for Common Cursitors Vulgarly Called Vagabonds\u003c\/i\u003e; Greene's \u003ci\u003eNotable Discovery of Cozenage \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBlack Book's Messenger\u003c\/i\u003e; Dekker's \u003ci\u003eLantern and Candle-light\u003c\/i\u003e; and Rid's \u003ci\u003eArt of Juggling\u003c\/i\u003e. From these pages spring the denizens of the Elizabethan underworld: cutpurses, hookers, palliards, jarkmen, doxies, counterfeit cranks, bawdy-baskets, walking morts, and priggers of prancers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn his introduction, Arthur F. Kinney discusses the significance of these works as protonovels and their influence on such writers as Shakespeare. He also explores the social, political, and economic conditions of a time that spawned a community of renegades who conned their way to fame, fortune, and, occasionally, the rope at Tyburn.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Arthur F. Kinney\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0870237187\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780870237188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Massachusetts Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/1990\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.27h x 6.08w x 0.91d","brand":"Arthur F. Kinney","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44120403280127,"sku":"9780870237188","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b22cec16-9cf0-407e-9664-bac667c8817e.jpg?v=1687414125","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rogues-vagabonds-and-sturdy-beggars-arthur-f-kinney-9780870237188","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}