An Anthology of Elizabethan Prose Fiction

Book Overview

This anthology contains five of the most important short works of Elizabethan prose fiction: George Gascoigne's The Adventures of Master F.J., John Lyly's Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit, Robert Greene's Pandosto: The Triumph of Time, Thomas Nashe's The Unfortunate Traveller, and Thomas Deloney's Jack of Newbury. Paul Salzman has modernized the texts for easier comprehension.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192817442
• ISBN13: 9780192817440
• Release Date: December 1987
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 450 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.6" x 7.3"

Customer Reviews

Elizabethan prose

A pretty good collection. It includes "The Adventures ofMaster F.J.," by George Gascoigne; "Euphues: The Anatomy ofWit," by John Lyly; "Pandosto: The Triumph of Time," by Robert Greene; "The Unfortunate Traveller," by Thomas Nashe; and "Jack of Newbury," by Thomas Deloney. I reckon Nashe's book is probably the best. "Euphues" was perhaps the first important work of English fiction, and it was quite a sensation in its time. "Pandosto" was the source for Shakespeare's "Winter's Tale."