Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2006-02-16 Public domain in the USA. 264 Nash, Thomas 1567 1601 Nashe, Thomas Nash, T. (Thomas) Marphoreus Curriknave, Cutbert Curry-Knave, Cutbert Farmer, John Stephen 1854 1916 Farmer, J. S. (John Stephen) Farmer, John S. 24008186 The Choise of Valentines; Or the Merie Ballad of Nash His Dildo Reading ease score: 82.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Charlene Taylor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "The Choise of Valentines; Or the Merie Ballad of Nash His Dildo" by Thomas Nash is a poem composed during the late 16th century, likely within the context of the Elizabethan era. This work can be categorized as a satirical piece that explores themes of love, humor, and sexuality. Through its lighthearted tone, it delves into the social practices and courtship rituals of the time by blending wit with a rather candid portrayal of romantic encounters. The poem narrates the misadventures of a speaker seeking a valentine in February, leading him on a comic journey filled with innuendo and farcical situations. He initially searches for his beloved but finds her elusive and retreating into the realm of a bawdy house. The speaker, after a series of amusing exchanges with a bawd, ultimately reveals his desire not just for romantic companionship but also resorts to the use of a dildo as an exaggerated stand-in for his unfulfilled desires. Thus, the narrative combines elements of traditional love poetry with absurd humor, providing not only a glimpse into the playful side of romance in Nash's time but also satirizing the often precarious nature of desire and intimacy. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Bawdy poetry PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Poetry 139572 137731 2024-10-08T04:52:20.730959 2023-09-08T07:10:36.505085 text/html text/html 134018 2006-02-16T07:37:50 text/html 123221 2006-02-16T07:37:50 text/html application/zip 222707 2024-10-08T04:52:30.084937 application/epub+zip 223229 2024-10-08T04:52:25.083947 application/epub+zip 101012 2024-10-08T04:52:23.507937 application/epub+zip 474985 2024-10-08T04:52:32.977893 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 476621 2024-10-08T04:52:28.997955 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 357108 2022-09-08T12:58:14.646377 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 72530 72319 2024-10-08T04:52:19.701976 2023-09-08T07:10:35.607975 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 72313 2006-02-16T07:37:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 29083 2006-02-16T07:37:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 72307 2006-02-16T07:37:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 29061 2006-02-16T07:37:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22304 2024-10-08T04:52:33.122906 application/rdf+xml 25418 2024-10-08T04:52:24.090959 image/jpeg 4753 2024-10-08T04:52:23.798955 image/jpeg 222534 2024-10-08T04:52:20.756968 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia en.wikipedia