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This work contains three texts edited from first editions, including a substantial extract from "Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit" as well as the plays "Campaspe," the first significant comedy of the English Renaissance, and "Gallathea," which has been said to have exercised a considerable influence on Shakespeare. The extract from "Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit" is the first modern spelling edition of the 1578 text.
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John Lyly is the author of Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit and Euphues and His England, both bestselling prose works in the Elizabethan era. He was installed as the resident playwright at the Blackfriars Theatre, where he went on to produce a series of comedies.
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Selected prose and dramatic work / edited with an introduction by Leah Scragg
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Condition: Very Good. Lyly, John. Selected prose and dramatic work / edited with an introduction by Leah Scragg. Manchester: Carcanet Press Limited / Fyfield Books, 2003. Paperback, VG. Illustrated card covers. xxvi, 189pp., contents clean and bright. John Lyly was the principal court dramatist of the 1580s and author of the period's best-selling prose work, Euphues. Three texts are included in this edition for both specialist and non-specialist readers: an extract from Euphues: the Anatomy of Wit; and the plays, Campaspe and Gallathea. RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. We do not use AI and all images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing. Seller Inventory # ABE-1775333902642
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