The Choise of Valentines; Or the Merie Ballad of Nash His Dildo by Thomas Nash

"The Choise of Valentines; Or the Merie Ballad of Nash His Dildo" by Thomas Nashe is an erotic poem composed around 1592 or 1593. The work recounts a sexual encounter between the narrator Tomalin and his lover Frances in a city brothel on Valentine's Day. When Tomalin proves inadequate to satisfy his partner, she turns to a dildo, prompting anxieties about masculine sexuality and female autonomy. The poem remained unpublished until 1899, likely due to its explicit content and frank treatment of desire. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Nash, Thomas, 1567-1601
Editor Farmer, John Stephen, 1854-1916
LoC No. 24008186
Title The Choise of Valentines; Or the Merie Ballad of Nash His Dildo
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Choise_of_Valentines
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Reading Level Reading ease score: 82.2 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject Bawdy poetry
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EBook-No. 17779
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Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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