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John Lyly (/ ˈ l ɪ l i /; 1554 – 18 November 1606; also spelled Lilly, Lylie, Lylly) was an English writer, playwright, courtier, and parliamentarian.He was best known during his lifetime for his two books Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit (1578) and its sequel Euphues and His England (1580), but is perhaps best remembered now for his eight surviving plays, at least six of which were performed ...
Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit / ˈjuːfjuːiːz /, a didactic romance written by John Lyly, was entered in the Stationers' Register 2 December 1578 and published that same year. It was followed by Euphues and his England, registered on 25 July 1579, but not published until Spring of 1580. The name Euphues is derived from Greek ευφυής ...
Euphuism. Euphuism is a peculiar mannered style of English prose. It takes its name from a prose romance by John Lyly. It consists of a preciously ornate and sophisticated style, employing a deliberate excess of literary devices such as antitheses, alliterations, repetitions and rhetorical questions. Classical learning and remote knowledge of ...
Endymion (play) Title page of Endymion, the Man in the Moon. Endymion, the Man in the Moon is an Elizabethan era comedy by John Lyly, written circa 1588. [ 1 ] The action of the play centers around a young courtier, Endymion, who is sent into an endless slumber by Tellus, his former lover, because he has spurned her to worship the ageless Queen ...
All Is Fair in Love and War may refer to: "All is fair in love and war", a proverb attributed to John Lyly 's Euphues. All Is Fair in Love and War (album), an album by Blessed by a Broken Heart. "All Is Fair in Love and War" (song), a song by Ronnie Milsap. " All is Fair in Love and War ", the second episode of the ninth season of reality TV ...
Campaspe is an Elizabethan era stage play, a prose comedy by John Lyly based on the story of the love triangle between Campaspe, a Theban captive, the artist Apelles, and Alexander the Great, who commissioned him to paint her portrait. Widely considered Lyly's earliest drama, Campaspe was an influence and a precedent for much that followed in ...
Sapho and Phao. Title page of Sapho and Phao (1584) Sapho and Phao is an Elizabethan era stage play, a comedy written by John Lyly. One of Lyly's earliest dramas, it was likely the first that the playwright devoted to the allegorical idealisation of Queen Elizabeth I that became the predominating feature of Lyly's dramatic canon.
Love's Metamorphosis was entered into the Stationers' Register on 25 November 1600, and was first published in 1601 in a quarto issued by the bookseller William Wood. The title page of the 1601 quarto calls the play a "witty and courtly pastoral," and states that it was first staged by the Children of Paul's, the troupe of child actors that was Lyly's regular company, and "now" (c. 1600) by ...