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Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit and Euphues and His England John Lyly

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Modern-spelling edition of the two works, allows the twenty-first century reader access to this culturally significant text.
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John Lyly's Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit and Euphues and his England, created a literary sensation in their own age, and had a profound influence on Elizabethan prose. This modern-spelling edition of the two works, the first for nearly a century, is designed to allow the twenty-first century reader access to this culturally significant text and to explore the fascination that it exerted. Attuned to the needs of both students and specialists, the text is edited from the earliest complete witnesses, is richly annotated, and facilitates an understanding of Lyly's narrative technique by distinguishing typographically between narrative levels. The introduction explores the relationship between the dramatic and non-dramatic work, locating Lyly's highly influential plays in a wider context and Euphues' Latin poem in praise of Elizabeth I, translated for the first time, is discussed in an Appendix. A work of primary importance for students of Renaissance prose, this edition complements the on-going publication of Lyly's dramatic works in The Revels Plays.
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Price: £25.00
Pages: 358
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Series: Revels Plays Companion Library
Publication Date: 01 October 2009
ISBN: 9780719064593
Format: Paperback
BISACs:

LITERARY CRITICISM / Renaissance, Literary companions, book reviews and guides, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, Literary studies: c 1400 to c 1600, Literary studies: plays and playwrights

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Acknowledgments
Introduction
Note on the texts
Further reading
Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit
Euphues and his England
Appendix: Lyly's 'Iovis Elizabeth'