During Shakespeare's lifetime, John Lyly was repeatedly described as the central figure in contemporary English literature. This book takes that claim seriously, asking how and why Lyly was considered the most important writer of his time.
During Shakespeare's lifetime, John Lyly was repeatedly described as the central figure in contemporary English literature. This book takes that claim seriously, asking how and why Lyly was considered the most important writer of his time.
Andy Kesson is a Senior Lecturer in Renaissance Literature at the University of Roehampton
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Acknowledgements Introduction: our Lyly? Part one: Lyly and prose fiction 1. Buy the book: imaginative stories in the book market (1566 1578) 2. Euph culture: Lyly, Euphues and the market for single story books (1578 1594) Part two: Lyly, performance and print 3. 'Whatsoever we present': Lyly's elusive theatre (1583 c.1590) 4. 'This is the first': creating a market for printed plays (1584 1594) Part three: euphuism and reception 5. A hopeless Romantic? Lyly, euphuism and a history of non reading (1632 1905) Conclusion: go dare Bibliography Index
Acknowledgements Introduction: our Lyly? Part one: Lyly and prose fiction 1. Buy the book: imaginative stories in the book market (1566 1578) 2. Euph culture: Lyly, Euphues and the market for single story books (1578 1594) Part two: Lyly, performance and print 3. 'Whatsoever we present': Lyly's elusive theatre (1583 c.1590) 4. 'This is the first': creating a market for printed plays (1584 1594) Part three: euphuism and reception 5. A hopeless Romantic? Lyly, euphuism and a history of non reading (1632 1905) Conclusion: go dare Bibliography Index
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