A nest of ninnies
Subtitle: and other English jestbooks of the seventeenth century.
By: Selected and edited by P. M. Zall.
Contributors: Zall, Paul M., comp.
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 1970
Place of publication: Lincoln
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
Subjects: Jestbooks, English -- Facsimiles; English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700; Civilization, Modern -- 17th century -- Literary collections; Popular literature -- Great Britain
Description: The blending of wit and jest.
Table of contents: title: The blending of wit and jest: an introduction.; title: Selections from Wits, fits, and fancies (1614), by A. Copley.; title: A nest of ninnies (1608), by R. Armin.; title: Selections from Jests to make you merry (1607), by G. Wilkins and T. D.; title: Selections from Tarlton's jests (1611).; title: Selections from Scogin's jests (ca. 1680).; title: Selections from Wit and mirth (1629), by J. Taylor.; title: Selections from Conceits, clinches, flashes, and whimzies (1639), by R. Chamberlain.; title: Selections from A banquet of jests (1633-1660).; title: Tales and jests of Hugh Peters (1660).; title: No jest like a true jest (ca. 1670).; title: Selections from Oxford jests (1671), by W. Hicks.; title: Selections from The wise and ingenious companion (1700), by A. Boyer.