The Plays of John Lyly: Eros and Eliza (Revels Plays Companion Library)

Bys: Lincombe, Michael and Pincombe, Michael

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719038588
• ISBN13: 9780719038587
• Release Date: February 1997
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 205 Pages