English Literature, 1500 to 1799: Biographies

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Deloney, Thomas

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Deloney, Thomas (?1560–1600), wrote broadside ballads on popular subjects. He is now best known for his four works of prose fiction, originally published between 1597 and 1600: Jack of Newberie; The Gentle Craft, which includes the story of Simon Eyre adapted by Dekker in The Shoemaker's Holiday; The gentle craft. The Second Part; and Thomas of Reading. His fiction celebrates the virtues and self-advancement of hard-working craftsmen, especially in the cloth trade, and has been much admired in modern times for its effective use of dialogue.

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