SOURCE: Nicholl, Charles. “The Pamphleteer.” In A Cup of News: The Life of Thomas Nashe, pp. 1-11. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1984.
In the following essay, Nicholl characterizes the career of Thomas Nashe as that of a tabloid journalist: topical, sensational, and highly temporal. The critic suggests that Nashe's forays into urban grittiness were not attempts to highlight or change social problems, but rather opportunities for laughter and immediate experience.
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