Project Gutenberg 2014-02-09 Public domain in the USA. 149 Saintsbury, George 1845 1933 Saintsbury, George Edward Bateman Elizabethan & Jacobean Pamphlets Elizabethan and Jacobean Pamphlets Reading ease score: 66.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Reply to Gosson, by T. Lodge -- Pap with a hatchet, by J. Lyly (?) -- A pretty and witty discourse, by N. Breton -- Groat's worth of wit, by R. Greene -- Precursor to Pierce's Supererogation, by G. Harvey -- Prognostication, by T. Nash -- The Gull's hornbook, by T. Dekker. Produced by Jonathan Ingram and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Elizabethan & Jacobean Pamphlets" by George Saintsbury is a collection of literary works, specifically pamphlets, compiled and edited in the late 19th century. The collection focuses on various pamphlets produced during the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods, showcasing the diversity of themes and styles that characterize the literature of that era. This includes pieces of fiction, social commentary, and literary criticism, aiming to highlight the rich cultural context of the time and its relevance to contemporary readers. The opening of the collection presents an introduction that contextualizes these pamphlets within their historical framework, arguing for their significance and interest. Saintsbury emphasizes that these works were among the earliest forms of print literature, comparable to modern journals and newspapers in their accessibility and variety of subjects. He notes that pamphlets covered a range of topics, including political issues, social critiques, and cultural reflections, and introduces notable authors whose works will be featured, such as Thomas Lodge, Robert Greene, and Thomas Nash, setting the stage for their explorations in subsequent chapters. The initial portion reveals the aim of the collection: to provide engaging insights into a largely overlooked but vibrant literary tradition. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/44855/44855-h/images/cover.jpg en English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 PR Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: Literature 477014 477015 2024-10-18T19:11:38.163101 2023-09-19T14:03:50.797536 text/html text/html 480203 2014-02-09T09:45:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 197442 2014-02-09T09:45:26 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 219666 2024-10-18T19:11:47.184040 application/epub+zip 224277 2024-10-18T19:11:39.933013 application/epub+zip 224277 2024-10-18T19:11:39.012017 application/epub+zip 357073 2024-10-18T19:11:51.811013 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 326150 2024-10-18T19:11:46.036072 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 326324 2022-09-20T13:19:30.621976 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 417464 417377 2024-10-18T19:11:36.724061 2023-09-19T14:03:49.589813 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 417186 2014-02-09T09:45:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 170928 2014-02-09T09:45:26 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 417219 2014-02-09T09:45:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 170829 2014-02-09T09:45:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21930 2024-10-18T19:11:51.956979 application/rdf+xml 5437 2024-10-18T19:11:39.133062 image/jpeg 1247 2024-10-18T19:11:39.073080 image/jpeg 199577 2024-10-18T19:11:38.207088 application/octet-stream application/zip 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 en.wikipedia