← John LylyEuphues: The Anatomy of Witby John LylyProse fiction pioneering ornate Euphuistic style of witty wordplay and allusionsFind on Amazon↗About the authorJohn LylyLyly 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.More by John LylyEuphues and His EnglandSequel following protagonist's adventures in England with continued Euphuistic rhetoric→