SOURCE: Hibbard, G. R. “The Miseries of Authorship and Pierce Penilesse.” In Thomas Nashe: A Critical Introduction, pp. 49-84. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1962.
In this essay, Hibbard details what is known and what can be surmised of Nashe's efforts to make a living as a writer, suggesting that in Pierce Penilesse the author strove to capitalize on his status as a starving artist and not to produce a coherent satire. The critic concludes that the public response to Pierce Penilesse steered Nashe toward the kind of occasional writing that would characterize his career.
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