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
Thomas Nashe wrote Summer's Last Will and Testament