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This article suggests that author and pamphleteer Thomas Nashe could have been a balladeer for printer-publisher John Danter. Nashe is known for his scathing published pamphlets arguing with his arch-rival Gabriel Harvey, but could he have also been responsible for street-corner ballads?
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Nashe is a well-researched contemporary of Shakespeare's, his work influenced many of his generation but, as this work suggests, could he also have been reaching members of the public via ballads?
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This page is a summary of: Thomas Nashe: Balladeer, The Explicator, August 2024, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/00144940.2024.2391485.
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