John Lyly

The Humanist as Courtier
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-1-032-26736-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 388 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

Reihe: Routledge Revivals

First published in 1962, John Lyly marks a shift from the traditional focus on John Lyly as the originator of the strange stylistic craze called Euphuism, and as the dramatist from whose plays Shakespeare deigned to borrow some of his earliest and least attractive comic devices to an author whose works are excellent in themselves. Critics have suggested that an independent reading of Euphues, and more especially of the plays, reveals an attractive delicacy of wit and a refined power of linguistic filigree quite independent of his influence on others or his capacity to illustrate the curious tastes of our forefathers. The eight plays – his most mature artistic achievements – are analysed in detail to bring out their relation to the tradition of court drama. A final chapter compares Lyly and Shakespeare in an attempt to show in operation the different traditions which the book has discussed. This book will appeal to students of English literature, drama and literary history.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hunter, G K

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Strömungen & Epochen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Dramen und Dramatiker

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface Abbreviations 1. Humanism and Courtship 2. Life and Euphues 3. Entertaining the Court of Elizabeth 4. The Plays 5. The Victim of Fashion 6. Lyly and Shakespeare Notes Appendix: The Songs in Lyly’s Plays Index

Über Autor(innen)

G. K. Hunter