Summer's Last Will and Testament

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"Summer's Last Will and Testament" is an Elizabethan prose comedy by Thomas Nashe that blends satire, allegory, and seasonal personification to comment on social and moral issues of late 16th-century England.

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instanceOf Elizabethan prose comedy ⓘ
literary work ⓘ
play ⓘ
addresses moral issues in Elizabethan England ⓘ
social issues in Elizabethan England ⓘ
author Thomas Nashe ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
featuresCharacter Autumn ⓘ
Spring ⓘ
Summer ⓘ
Winter ⓘ
form prose ⓘ
genre allegory ⓘ
prose comedy ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasAuthorOccupation Thomas Nashe was a playwright ⓘ
Thomas Nashe was a satirist ⓘ
linked to: Thomas Nashe

Thomas Nashe was an English pamphleteer ⓘ
linked to: Thomas Nashe
hasForm interlude-like play ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement Renaissance literature ⓘ
literaryPeriod Elizabethan era ⓘ
linked to: English Renaissance
literaryTechnique allegorical personification ⓘ
direct address to audience ⓘ
humor ⓘ
mainTheme moral commentary ⓘ
social criticism ⓘ
narrativeDevice seasonal personification ⓘ
settingTime late 16th century ⓘ
tone moralizing ⓘ
satirical ⓘ

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Thomas Nashe → notableWork → Summer's Last Will and Testament ⓘ
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