An Anthology of Elizabethan Prose Fiction

By Salzman

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.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199540578
• ISBN13: 9780199540570
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.1" x 7.8"

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."