Reproduction of the original: The Unfortunate Traveller, or The Life of Jack Wilton by Thomas Nash

This vintage book contains Thomas Nashe's 1594 novel, "The Unfortunate Traveller: or, the Life of Jack Wilton". A lively and adventurous work of prose fiction, this famous book follows Jack Wilton in his daring escapades in Europe as he becomes intertwined with various historical events of sixteenth century. A rollicking adventure full of amusing episodes and daring-do, "The Unfortunate Traveller" constitutes a must-read for all lovers of English literature. Thomas Nashe (1567-1601) is widely hailed as the most accomplished of the English Elizabethan pamphleteers. Nashe was a poet, playwright, and satirist. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.

This handbook of English Renaissance literature serves as a reference for both students and scholars, introducing recent debates and developments in early modern studies. Using new theoretical perspectives and methodological tools, the volume offers exemplary close readings of canonical and less well-known texts from all significant genres between c. 1480 and 1660. Its systematic chapters address questions about editing Renaissance texts, the role of translation, theatre and drama, life-writing, science, travel and migration, and women as writers, readers and patrons. The book will be of particular interest to those wishing to expand their knowledge of the early modern period beyond Shakespeare.