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Endymion - John Lyly (Paperback, New Ed) Loot Price: R489
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Endymion - John Lyly (Paperback, New Ed): Stephen Bevington

Endymion - John Lyly (Paperback, New Ed)

Stephen Bevington

Series: The Revels Plays

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John Lyly was undisputed master of the private theatre stage in the 1570s and 1580s. Lyly's "Endymion" (1588) represents his famous Euphuistic style at its best and also gives us vintage Lyly as courtier and dramatist. In this love comedy, Lyly retells an ancient legend of the prolonged sleep of the man with whom the moon (Cynthia) fell in love. The fable is piquantly relevant to Queen Elizabeth and her exasperated if adoring courtiers. This edition makes a new and compelling argument for the relevance of "Endymion" to the threat of the Spanish Armada invasion of 1588 and to the role of the Earl of Oxford in England's politics of that troubled decade. Full commentary is provided on every aspect of the play, including its philosophical allegory about the relation of the moon to mortal life on earth.

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Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: The Revels Plays
Release date: October 1997
First published: 1997
Editors: Stephen Bevington
Dimensions: 216 x 138 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 224
Edition: New Ed
ISBN-13: 978-0-7190-3091-8
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 16th to 18th centuries
Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Plays & playwrights > General
Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Drama texts, plays > General
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LSN: 0-7190-3091-9
Barcode: 9780719030918

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