Lyly, John

John Lyly: Selected Prose and Dramatic Work (Fyfield Books)

At a time when Shakespeare was still a struggling unknown, John Lyly (1554?-1606) was already the principal court dramatist and author of the period's best-selling prose work, the wonderfully elaborated and, in its day, much-imitated Euphues. To his contemporaries, Lyly was one of the major luminaries of the time; they would have been shocked by the totality of his later eclipse. A lack of modern editions meant that his work was neglected even by scholars. This edition brings his achievement before a wider audience, restoring him to his pivotal place in the English Renaissance. Three texts are included: a substantial extract from Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit, and the plays Campaspe (the first significant comedy of the English Renaissance) and Gallathea (which exercised a considerable influence on Shakespeare). The texts are edited from first editions; the extract from Euphues is the first modern spelling edition of the 1578 text. Leah Scragg's introduction and annotations contribute to the revaluation of this key figure in English literature.

Gallathea and Midas

The Complete Works Of John Lyly: Euphues And His England; The Plays V2

Selected Prose and Dramatic Work: John Lyly

John Lyle: Selected Prose and Dramatic Work (Popular Cultural Studies)

Mother Bombie: as it was sundrie times plaied by the Children of Powles

Plays of John Lyly

Endymion (The Revels Plays)

Sapho and Phao (Malone Society Reprints, 165)

This volume in the Malone Society Reprints series consists of a photofacsimile of the Huntington Library copy of the first edition of Lyly's Sapho and Phao (1584). The volume is prefaced by a detailed bibliographical introduction, and includes the songs from the play, first published in 1632.

The Complete Works Of John Lyly: The Plays Con't; Anti-Martinist Work; Poems; Glossary And General Index V3