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John Lyly and early modern authorship / Andy Kesson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kesson, Andy, author.
- Series:
- Revels plays companion library.
- Manchester Shakespeare collection
- Revels Plays Companion Library
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lyly, John, 1554?-1606--Criticism and interpretation.
- Lyly, John.
- English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- English drama--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.
- English drama.
- Book industries and trade--England--History--16th century.
- Book industries and trade.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 241 pages.) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- 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. Kesson traces Lyly's work in prose fiction and the theatre, demonstrating previously unrecognised connections between these two forms of entertainment. The final chapter examines how his importance to early modern authorship came to be forgotten in the late seventeenth century and thereafter. This book serves as an introduction to Lyly and early modern liter.
- Contents:
- Buy the book: imaginative stories in the book market (1566-78)
- Euph culture: Lyly, Euphues and the market for single-story books (1578-94)
- Whatsoever we present': Lyly's elusive theatre (1583-c.1590)
- This is the first': creating a market for printed plays (1584-94)
- A hopeless Romantic? Lyly, euphuism and a history of non-reading (1632-1905).
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-237) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781526101853
- 1526101858
- 9781526101860
- 1526101866
- OCLC:
- 1524994101
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