Roguery in Print: Crime and Culture in Early Modern London

by Lena Liapi

Early modern England was fascinated by the figure of the rogue. The rogue, who could be a beggar or vagrant but also a cutpurse, conman, card sharp, and all-round 'trickster' or even a highwayman, appeared in a variety of texts including plays, ballads, romances, sermons, proclamations, and pamphlets. This book offers the first comprehensive analysis of an extensive body of rogue pamphlets published in London between the late sixteenth and late...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1783274409
• ISBN13: 9781783274406
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 207 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"