Thomas Nash
Historical person
Elizabethan author recruited to the dildological canon. Gives Tomalin, Francis and the artificial member a place in English letters.
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Connections
Meets
- Francis (The Choise of Valentines) created character (1 passage)
Linguistic associations
- Dildo character glossary (2 passages)
Literary echoes
- Nash his Dildo character object (3 passages)
From the books (2 passages)
[Thomas Nash. The Choice of Valentines; or, Nash his Dildo 1592/3]
The earliest extended literary treatment in the English language of dildo-hood to come to my notice has been Thomas Nash’s [1592] Choise of Valentines, or the Merie Ballad of Nash his Dildo, a passage of which is quoted as the preface to the present chapter. The narrator, one Tomalin, seeks out his girlfriend Francis in her rural retreat, but alas!