Andy Kesson

John Lyly and early modern authorship (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781526101853
• Artikelnr.: 48795034

Autorenporträt

Andy Kesson is a Senior Lecturer in Renaissance Literature at the University of Roehampton

Inhaltsangabe

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