Thomas Lodge 1557 – 1625
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born in London, father was a mayor of London
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Studied in Oxford. Stuidied law at Lincoln’s Inn, London in 1578.
Works:
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Defense of Play 1580
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This pamphlet was written in reply to Stephen Gosson’s attack on stage plays.
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Rosalynde **
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Provides the plot for Shakespeare’s As You Like It
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Some literary historians consider this as in novel form
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An Alarum Against Usurers 1584
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Scillaes
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Metamorphosis 1589
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Rosalynde: Euphes Golden Legacie 1590
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The Wounds of Civil War 1594
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A Looking Glass for London and England (1594 with Robert Greene)
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A Margarite of America 1596
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A Treatise of the Plague 1603