| Thomas Deloney |
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(1543-1600).—
Novelist and balladist, appears to have worked as a
silk-weaver in Norwich, but was in London by 1586, and in the course
of the next 10 years is known to have written about 50 ballads, some
of which involved him in trouble, and caused him to lie perdue
for a time. It is only recently that his more important work as a
novelist, in which he ranks with Greene and Nash, has received
attention. He appears to have turned to this new field of effort when
his original one was closed to him for the time. Less under the
influence of Lyly and other preceding writers than Greene, he is more
natural, simple, and direct, and writes of middle-class citizens and
tradesmen with a light and pleasant humour. Of his novels, Thomas
of Reading is in honour of clothiers, Jack of Newbury
celebrates weaving, and The Gentle Craft is dedicated to the
praise of shoemakers. He “dy’d poorely,” but was
“honestly buried.” |
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