Значение слова NASH в Литературной энциклопедии

THOMAS (1567-1601).-Satirist, etc., _b._ at Lowestoft, _ed._ at Camb. A reckless life kept him in perpetual poverty, and a bitter and sarcastic tongue lost him friends and patrons. He cherished an undying hatred for the Puritans, and specially for Gabriel Hervey, with whom he maintained a lifelong controversy, and against whose attacks he defended Robert Greene (_q.v._). Among his writings are _Anatomy of Absurdities_ (1589), _Have with you to Saffron Walden_, and _Pierce Pennilesse, his Supplication to the Divell_ (1592), all against the Puritans. In _Summer's_ (a jester of Henry VIII.) _Last Will and Testament_ occurs the well-known song, "Spring, the sweet Spring, is the year's pleasant King." _Christ's Tears over Jerusalem_ (1593) may have indicated some movement towards repentance. Another work in a totally different style, _The Unfortunate Traveller, or the Life of Jack Wilton_ (1594), a wild tale, may be regarded as the pioneer of the novel of adventure. It had, however, so little success that the author never returned to this kind of fiction. A comedy, _The Isle of Dogs_ (now lost), adverted so pointedly to abuses in the state that it led to his imprisonment. His last work was _Lenten Stuffe_ (1599), a burlesque panegyric on Yarmouth and its red herrings. N.'s verse is usually hard and monotonous, but he was a man of varied culture and great ability.