John Lyly
Michael Pincombe(Author)
Manchester University Press
Published on 15. August 1996
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-0-7190-3858-7 (ISBN)
Description
John Lyly, Shakespeare's forerunner in English comedy, wrote eight highly individual plays. This study of the plays, with each chapter devoted to a different play, concentrates on the courtly aspects of Lyly's work - he wrote all but one of his plays for court performance. In particular, it examines the relationship of Lylian drama to royal panegyric, a kind of writing which he did much to establish. However, the plays also present a parody of panegyric, and thus might also be said to have a counter-courtly aspect. The study also explores the ways in which Lyly uses "country" themes drawn from pastoral and Ovidian poetry to complicate his attitude towards the court and its culture. The plays included are: "Campaspe", "Endymion", "Galatea", "Mother Bombie", "Sappho and Phao", "Midas", "Love's Metamorphosis", and "the Woman on the Moon".
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Manchester
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
notes, bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7190-3858-7 (9780719038587)
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Content
Secrets, secretaries and the theatre; "Campaspe" - Kings' causes; "Sappho and Phao" - a toy made for ladies; "Endymion" - transitory things under the moon; "Midas" - honest love; "Galatea" - we may all love; "Love's Metamorphosis" - impudent giglots; "Mother Bombie" - an old cunning woman; "The Woman in the Moon" - cursed be Utopia.