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Nashe and Satire
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This chapter explores the story of Thomas Nashe's ‘satire’. In the 1580s and 1590s, ‘satire’ was a term conferred upon his works by admirers who sought to define — and so limit — the nature of the prose he wrote. This chapter explores what satire means to Nashe's friends and enemies, particularly in combination with ‘honey’ or ‘sweetness’. It also considers why Nashe himself avoided the word. To explore the extent to which Nashe was and was not a writer of satires, as well as where his ‘sweetness’ resides, this chapter also attempts to examine what early modern writers took satire to mean, and then to examine who was thought to be writing it.
Title: Nashe and Satire
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This chapter explores the story of Thomas Nashe's ‘satire’.
In the 1580s and 1590s, ‘satire’ was a term conferred upon his works by admirers who sought to define — and so limit — the nature of the prose he wrote.
This chapter explores what satire means to Nashe's friends and enemies, particularly in combination with ‘honey’ or ‘sweetness’.
It also considers why Nashe himself avoided the word.
To explore the extent to which Nashe was and was not a writer of satires, as well as where his ‘sweetness’ resides, this chapter also attempts to examine what early modern writers took satire to mean, and then to examine who was thought to be writing it.
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