Thomas Dekker
Dekker was a prolific Jacobean writer who captured the texture of everyday London life in his pamphlets and prose works. His journalism-inflected writing bridges Elizabethan prose and the emerging popular press.
Works
- The Wonderful YearPamphlet describing the plague year of 1603 with vivid details of London's suffering
- The Gull's Horn-BookSatirical handbook lampooning the pretensions and follies of London gallants and fops
- News from Hell
- A Knight's ConjuringDialogue featuring a conjurer showing visions of famous historical and legendary figures