Written in the late sixteenth century, at the pinnacle of the English
Renaissance, the rich and ingenious works of Thomas Nashe uniquely reveal
the ambivant nature of the Elizabethan era. Mingling the devout and the
bawdy, scholarship and slang, they express throughout an irrepressible,
inexhaustible wit and an astonishing command of language. This collection
of Nashe’s finest works includes The Unfortunate Traveller, the sharp and
grotesque tale of Jack Wilton, an Englishman travelling through Europe;
Pierce Penniless, a biting satire on the society of his age; Terrors of the
Night; Lenten Stuff; the sensual poem The Choice of Valentines; and
extracts from Christ’s Tears over Jerusalem and other works. Wide-ranging
in subject, all capture the unique voice and fantastic ingenuity of one of
the most entertaining Elizabethan writers - a man regarded by his
contemporaries as the ‘English Juvenal’.