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The Court Comedies of John Lyly: A Study in Allegorical Dramaturgy

The Court Comedies of John Lyly: A Study in Allegorical Dramaturgy

Saccio, Peter

Hardcover

Series: Princeton Legacy Library, Book 1984

Literary Criticism

ISBN10: 0691648689
ISBN13: 9780691648682
Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr
Published: Apr 19 2016
Pages: 242
Weight: 1.14
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

The nature of Renaissance allegory has been the subject of much investigation, notably by Spenserian scholars. The subject is now enlarged through a study of the plays of the Elizabethan Court dramatists of the 1580's and early 1590's, particularly the comedies of John Lyly. Mr. Saccio rejects the older topical readings of Lyly; by extensive interpretation of particular plays he describes three distinct kinds of allegorical operation apparent in successive phases of Lyly's career and suggests that they form an important paradigm of the development of English drama itself.

Originally published in 1969.

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