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Otto BoudetMs. RamirezBritish Literature 16004 December 2013The Mind of doubting doubting Thomas Nashe An EnigmaThomas Nashe is thought to be one and only(a) of the worlds first dishonest writers. Although he is a picaresque writer, critics have a hard time characterizing his works due to his incoherent literary structure. Thomas Nashe has been pinned as an enigma of the literary community as his writing very much portrays multiple writing styles all at once. The Unfortunate Traveller is the icon of this. It is categorized as a picaresque novel, but it is a low-spirited and violent story. The story is almost a paradox itself. Thomas Nashe, innate(p) in 1567, lived in the small town of Lowestroft, Suffolk. non much is cognise of his previous(predicate) life, other than that his father was a curate and that he was baptise at his fathers church. He went on to study at the University of St. Johns at Cambridge where he acquired his bachelors degree. Little is known on whether his time at college influenced his works. aft(prenominal) his time at college he moved to London, where he was chartered by the ecclesiastical authorities to write pamphlets and essays in an attempt to take down a man know as Martin Marprelate (Kinney varlet 1). This alias was employ by a man who was writing colloquial speeches regarding the episcopacy of the Anglican Church. Nashe capability have not been one of the main contributors to the counterattack against Martin Marprelate, but he was able to extract a sort of writing style from the experience. After his excursion with the Anglican Church, his writing became more spontaneous and unstudied (Donno Page 1). This spontaneous and unstudied style was more prominent in his early works such as The Anatomie of Unsertantie and the preface of Robert Greenes Menapho... ...e Unfortunate Traveller. What kindle the writers the most, was the accuracy of what Thomas Nashe was saying, even if it was in a sarcastic tone. Not only did he a nger authors, poets, and pamphleteers, but he also kindle the British government. Although his jeers were not directed towards the government, Nashes use of the atrocities throughout the outlandish was thoroughly disliked. The government believed that his rendition of the gross actions of Englands people would blur its reputation. Thomas Nashe is coined with being one of the worlds first picaresque writers. It is quite ironic how after centuries of debate concerning his eloquent pamphlets and gruesome narratives that he is now categorized under a satirical genre. Although he did carry this satire and sarcasm in many of works, it seems unjust to confine him to the one genre.