Act III
Age Group_Uncategorized
Age Group_Uncategorized
Ass's Ears
automatic-update
B01=Ruth Lunney
bombie
Category1=Non-Fiction
Category=DSB
Category=DSBD
children's theatre history
Comparative Drama
COP=United Kingdom
court culture studies
Cupid
Delivery_Pre-order
Diana's Nymphs
Diogenes
Doctor Faustus
Early Modern
early modern literature
Elizabethan drama
eq_bestseller
eq_biography-true-stories
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
Female Homoerotic Desire
Galla Thea
Gallathea
gender and sexuality criticism
John Lyly
Language_English
LEAH SCRAGG
love's
Love's Metamorphosis
lyly's
Lyly's Endymion
Lyly's Plays
metamorphoses
moon
mother
Mother Bombie
PA=Not yet available
phao
play
Price_€20 to €50
prose style analysis
PS=Active
Renaissance Drama
Royal Compliment
Royal Panegyric
sapho
Shakespeare's Earliest Comedies
Sir Tophas
sixteenth-century English comedy analysis
softlaunch
Virgin Sacrifice
Vp
woman
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9781032918877
- Weight: 1010g
- Dimensions: 174 x 246mm
- Publication Date: 14 Oct 2024
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
John Lyly is the first collection of essays dedicated solely to the work of this University Wit, celebrity prose writer, and playwright to the court of Elizabeth. Lyly's energy and wit inspired his contemporaries to follow new directions in prose fiction and stage comedy, and his writings still illuminate sixteenth-century culture for the modern reader. The twenty-four essays in this selection include some older classics, but most date from 1990 onwards and reflect current critical concerns with politics and sexuality, class and audience. Both Euphues books and the eight plays receive some detailed attention. The essays are grouped into four sections: Lessons in Wit, Courting the Queen, Playing with Desire, and Performing Lyly. A biographical summary and critical survey are provided in the introduction; other voices and insights are alluded to in the notes and listed in the wide-ranging bibliography.
Ruth Lunney, University of Newcastle, Australia
