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John Lyly and early modern authorship /
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Manchester : New York, NY :
Manchester University Press ; Distributed exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan,
2014.
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| Colección: | Revels plays companion library.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 241 pages .) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-237) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781781706350 1781706352 9781526101860 1526101866 |