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The Roaring Girl

by Thomas Dekker, Thomas Middleton ...

Series series New Mermaids
This Jacobean city comedy is a curiosity in that it presents areal-life character, the notorious cross-dresser Moll Frith, whoprobably was among the first audiences of 'her' play before she wastaken up for public misconduct. Middleton and Dekker's 'roaring girl'may outrage her society with her pipe, bluster and swagger, but sheturns out to be the moral centre of the play. Her code of honour ... Read more

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This Jacobean city comedy is a curiosity in that it presents areal-life character, the notorious cross-dresser Moll Frith, whoprobably was among the first audiences of 'her' play before she wastaken up for public misconduct. Middleton and Dekker's 'roaring girl'may outrage her society with her pipe, bluster and swagger, but sheturns out to be the moral centre of the play. Her code of honour
... Read more
The Satirical Lens: 7 Classics That Mock and Amaze

Heliogabalus (A Buffoonery in Three Acts), Getting Married, Misalliance, The Twins, and How They Entertained the New Minister: A Farce, etc.

by George Jean Nathan, Henry Louis Mencken, Elizabeth F. Guptill, Thomas Dekker ...

The Satirical Lens: 7 Classics That Mock and Amaze offers a masterful tapestry of satirical works that together explore the power of wit in critiquing society. Embracing a spectrum of literary styles, from the biting commentaries to the subtle parodies, this anthology captures the essence of satire through varied lenses. The works encapsulated within this collection engage with humor and irony to ... Read more

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The Satirical Lens: 7 Classics That Mock and Amaze offers a masterful tapestry of satirical works that together explore the power of wit in critiquing society. Embracing a spectrum of literary styles, from the biting commentaries to the subtle parodies, this anthology captures the essence of satire through varied lenses. The works encapsulated within this collection engage with humor and irony to
... Read more
The Shoemaker's Holiday

by Thomas Dekker ...

Thomas Dekker's The Shoemaker's Holiday is a lively and heartwarming comedy that celebrates the dignity of everyday life, the joy of community, and the enduring power of love and ambition. First performed at the turn of the 17th century, this Elizabethan play stands out for its vibrant portrayal of working-class life, offering a refreshing contrast to the courtly dramas of its time. Set in the ... Read more

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Thomas Dekker's The Shoemaker's Holiday is a lively and heartwarming comedy that celebrates the dignity of everyday life, the joy of community, and the enduring power of love and ambition. First performed at the turn of the 17th century, this Elizabethan play stands out for its vibrant portrayal of working-class life, offering a refreshing contrast to the courtly dramas of its time. Set in the
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The Noble Spanish Soldier

by Thomas Dekker ...

The Noble Spanish Soldier by Thomas Dekker is a compelling Elizabethan drama that explores themes of honor, loyalty, identity, and redemption within a world shaped by warfare and shifting political allegiances. Blending elements of romance, action, and moral reflection, the play presents a vivid portrait of a soldier's struggle to maintain dignity and virtue amid the chaos of conflict. At the ... Read more

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The Noble Spanish Soldier by Thomas Dekker is a compelling Elizabethan drama that explores themes of honor, loyalty, identity, and redemption within a world shaped by warfare and shifting political allegiances. Blending elements of romance, action, and moral reflection, the play presents a vivid portrait of a soldier's struggle to maintain dignity and virtue amid the chaos of conflict. At the
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Descent

My Epic Fall from Cycling Superstardom to Doping Dead End

by Thomas Dekker, Thijs Zonneveld ...

The Award-Winning, International Best-Seller"I have success, money, women. I've been lionized by the public and the press. The world is at my feet. I've spread my wings and here I am, soaring above everything and everyone. But in reality, the descent has already begun." At age 20, Thomas Dekker was already earning €100,000 a year as an amateur bike racer. The next year, he turned pro and his ... Read more

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The Award-Winning, International Best-Seller"I have success, money, women. I've been lionized by the public and the press. The world is at my feet. I've spread my wings and here I am, soaring above everything and everyone. But in reality, the descent has already begun." At age 20, Thomas Dekker was already earning €100,000 a year as an amateur bike racer. The next year, he turned pro and his
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The Noble Spanish Soldier

by Thomas Dekker ...

The story follows the virtuous yet wronged Maria, who has been secretly married to Philip, the supposed King of Spain, who later forsakes her for another. Philip is revealed not to be the true king, leading to a crisis of succession and a wave of betrayal among the noble ranks. The titular character, a Spanish soldier named Balthazar, embodies the ideals of loyalty and honor, standing in stark ... Read more

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The story follows the virtuous yet wronged Maria, who has been secretly married to Philip, the supposed King of Spain, who later forsakes her for another. Philip is revealed not to be the true king, leading to a crisis of succession and a wave of betrayal among the noble ranks. The titular character, a Spanish soldier named Balthazar, embodies the ideals of loyalty and honor, standing in stark
... Read more
Satiro-Mastix; or, the Vntrussing of the Humorous Poet

by Thomas Dekker ...

"Satiro-Mastix; or, the Vntrussing of the Humorous Poet" is a satirical play by Thomas Dekker that critiques the literary and theatrical practices of its time. The work is a response to the prevailing trends in drama, particularly targeting the excesses of the so-called 'humorous' poets. Dekker employs wit and humor to expose the pretensions of these writers, while also reflecting on the nature of ... Read more

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"Satiro-Mastix; or, the Vntrussing of the Humorous Poet" is a satirical play by Thomas Dekker that critiques the literary and theatrical practices of its time. The work is a response to the prevailing trends in drama, particularly targeting the excesses of the so-called 'humorous' poets. Dekker employs wit and humor to expose the pretensions of these writers, while also reflecting on the nature of
... Read more
Satiromastix

by Thomas Dekker ...

Satiromastix by Thomas Dekker is a sharp and spirited Elizabethan satire that boldly engages in the famous "Poetomachia," or War of the Theatres. Written as a dramatic response to rival playwrights, the play combines comedy, satire, and social commentary to critique artistic pride, literary rivalry, and courtly pretension in early modern London. At the center of the work is a satirical portrayal ... Read more

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Satiromastix by Thomas Dekker is a sharp and spirited Elizabethan satire that boldly engages in the famous "Poetomachia," or War of the Theatres. Written as a dramatic response to rival playwrights, the play combines comedy, satire, and social commentary to critique artistic pride, literary rivalry, and courtly pretension in early modern London. At the center of the work is a satirical portrayal
... Read more
Thomas Dekker Edited with an introduction and notes by Ernest Rhys

by Thomas Dekker ...

In the collection, Rhys provides readers with both well-known and lesser-known works by Dekker, illustrating his distinctive voice and broad thematic concerns. Dekker’s plays often focus on the lives of ordinary citizens rather than nobility, capturing the humor, hardships, and moral challenges of London's urban life in the early 1600s. Through characters like the humble but resilient shoemaker ... Read more

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In the collection, Rhys provides readers with both well-known and lesser-known works by Dekker, illustrating his distinctive voice and broad thematic concerns. Dekker’s plays often focus on the lives of ordinary citizens rather than nobility, capturing the humor, hardships, and moral challenges of London's urban life in the early 1600s. Through characters like the humble but resilient shoemaker
... Read more
Harvard Classics Anthology - Complete 51 Volumes

The Greatest Works of World Literature - Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Thomas Carlyle, Plato, René Descartes, Immanuel Kant, Charles Darwin, Martin Luther, Robert Louis Stevenson, William Shakespeare, Dante Alighieri, Euripides, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Charles Lamb, Henry David Thoreau, Samuel Johnson, John Stuart Mill, David Hume, Joseph Addison, John Locke, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont, Leigh Hunt, Epictetus, Thomas De Quincey, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Jonathan Swift, Christopher Marlowe, Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, William Hazlitt, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Daniel Defoe, Aesop, Richard Henry Dana, John Dryden, Philip Massinger, Pedro Calderón de la Barca, John Ruskin, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Ernest Renan, Robert Burns, David Garrick, Ralph Waldo Emerson, John Webster, Izaak Walton, John Bunyan, James Russell Lowell, Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, Homer, Edmund Burke, Plutarch, Molière, Aeschylus, Michael Faraday, Sophocles, William Makepeace Thackeray, Benjamin Franklin, Pierre Corneille, Jean Racine, Voltaire, Robert Browning, Oliver Goldsmith, Thomas Dekker, John Milton, Aristophanes, Blaise Pascal, Virgil, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Simon Newcomb, William Penn, Walter Bigges, Philip Sidney, Herodotus, Walter Raleigh, Francis Bacon, Giuseppe Mazzini, Francis Pretty, George Berkeley, Thomas Hobbes, Adam Smith, Alessandro Manzoni, Abraham Cowley, Michel de Montaigne, Ben Jonson, John Woolman, Benvenuto Cellini, Sydney Smith, Jean Froissart, William Henry Harrison, William Harvey, Marcus Aurelius, Hans Christian Andersen, Thomas Malory, George Gordon Byron, Thomas à Kempis, Richard Steele, Thomas Browne, Archibald Geikie, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Tacitus, William Roper, Hippocrates, Miguel de Cervantes, Thomas More, Friedrich von Schiller, Philip Nichols, Louis Pasteur, Joseph Lister, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Pliny the Younger, Edgar Alan Poe, Saint Augustine, Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz, Francis Drake, Edward Haies, Niccolo Machiavelli, Ambroise Paré, William A. Neilson ...

The 'Harvard Classics Anthology - Complete 51 Volumes' is a monumental collection that beckons readers into the depth and breadth of centuries' worth of wisdom and creative expression. This compendium embraces a variety of themes, ranging from the philosophical inquiries of existence and morality to the dazzling flights of literary imagination. Through essays, plays, poetry, and philosophical ... Read more

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The 'Harvard Classics Anthology - Complete 51 Volumes' is a monumental collection that beckons readers into the depth and breadth of centuries' worth of wisdom and creative expression. This compendium embraces a variety of themes, ranging from the philosophical inquiries of existence and morality to the dazzling flights of literary imagination. Through essays, plays, poetry, and philosophical
... Read more
Four Birds of Noah's Ark

A Prayer Book from the Time of Shakespeare

by Thomas Dekker ...

A timeless, little-known literary classic to engage a new generation of readersAs the Black Death ravaged London in 1608, in the midst of societal chaos and tragedy, playwright Thomas Dekker wrote Four Birds of Noah's Ark, a book containing fifty-six prayers for the people of London and all of England.The prayers in this book bear witness to Dekker's deep faith with a power and poignancy that few ... Read more

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A timeless, little-known literary classic to engage a new generation of readersAs the Black Death ravaged London in 1608, in the midst of societal chaos and tragedy, playwright Thomas Dekker wrote Four Birds of Noah's Ark, a book containing fifty-six prayers for the people of London and all of England.The prayers in this book bear witness to Dekker's deep faith with a power and poignancy that few
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The Witch of Edmonton

by John Ford, Thomas Dekker, William Rowley ...

Series series New Mermaids
It is a historical phenomenon that while thousands of women were beingburnt as witches in early modern Europe, the English - although therewere a few celebrated trials and executions, one of which the playdramatises - were not widely infected by the witch-craze. The stageseems to have provided an outlet for anxieties about witchcraft, aswell as an opportunity for public analysis. The Witch of ... Read more

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It is a historical phenomenon that while thousands of women were beingburnt as witches in early modern Europe, the English - although therewere a few celebrated trials and executions, one of which the playdramatises - were not widely infected by the witch-craze. The stageseems to have provided an outlet for anxieties about witchcraft, aswell as an opportunity for public analysis. The Witch of
... Read more

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