Rogue literature is a literary genre that tells stories from the world of thieves and other criminals, popular in England in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The stories are mostly told in a confessional form and full of vivid description. Rogue literature is an important source for understanding the everyday life of ordinary people and their language, including the language of thieves and beggars, and the genre can be related to the stories of Robin Hood and to jest-book literature, as well as counting among the early examples of a first-person voice in fiction and autobiography.
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Place of Origin Notable ExampleThomas Harman, Robert Copland, Robert Greene and Thomas Dekker 1 Defining TraitConfessional first person form full of vivid description 1 FAQs
Why do historians value rogue literature?
It records ordinary people's daily life and the language of thieves and beggars.
Rogue literature is an important source for understanding the everyday life of ordinary people and their language, including the language of thieves and beggars. The genre can also be related to the stories of Robin Hood and to jest book literature.
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Rogue literature is a literary genre that tells stories from the world of thieves and other criminals that was popular in England in the 16th and 17th centuries.
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Rogue literature is a literary genre that tells stories from the world of thieves and other criminals that was popular in England in the 16th and 17th centuries.
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The principal authors of such stories were Thomas Harman, Robert Copland, Robert Greene and Thomas Dekker.
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The stories were mostly in a confessional form and full of vivid descriptions.
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