John Lyly

Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit

Prose fiction pioneering ornate Euphuistic style of witty wordplay and allusions

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John Lyly
John Lyly

Lyly was a prominent Elizabethan prose stylist whose euphuistic novels set a fashionable precedent for ornate, highly patterned English prose. His work influenced Shakespeare and helped establish the novel of manners.

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