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1554 - Gosson was born in the month of April and was baptized on April 17, 1554.
1572 - Entered Corpus Christi College, Oxford.
1577 - Became an actor and playwright in London.
1579 - Gosson turned against the stage in a pamphlet he wrote, The School of Abuse, attacked to the immoral consequences of poetry and the social evils fostered by theaters. He dedicated the pamphlet without authorization to Sir Philip Sidney.
1581 - Gosson retired to the country, where he became a tutor.
1585 - Became a lecturer of the parish church at Stepney.
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The school of abuse by Stephen Gosson (Unknown Binding - Jan 1, 1970) |
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The Schoole of Abuse, Containing a Pleasaunt Invective Against Poets, Pipers, Plaiers, Iesters and Such Like Catepillers of the Commonwelth (English Experience Series; No. 523) by Stephen Gosson (Hardcover - Jun 7, 1973) |
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Pleasant quippes for upstart newfangled gentlewomen (Percy Society. Early English poetry) by Stephen Gosson (Unknown Binding - Jul 7, 1965) |
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SCHOOL OF ABUSE (The English stage: attack and defense) by Gosson (Hardcover - Nov 1, 1973) |
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A reply to Stephen Gosson's Schoole of abuse in defence of poetry, musick and stage plays by Thomas Lodge (Unknown Binding - Jan 1, 1970) |
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A defence of poetry, music, and stage-plays, (Shakespeare society. Publications) by Thomas Lodge (Hardcover - Jul 7, 2008) |
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