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John Lyly (Canterbury, h. 1554 - Londres, 1606), escritor y dramaturgo inglés. Estudios. Estudió en las universidades de Cambridge y Oxford y gozó del mecenazgo del político William Cecil.
John Lyly (/ ˈ l ɪ l i /; c. 1553 or 1554 – November 1606; also spelled Lilly, Lylie, Lylly) was an English writer, playwright, courtier, and parliamentarian.
John Lyly. (Canterbury, c. 1554 - Londres, 1606) Escritor inglés. Alcanzó notoriedad con su novela en prosa poética Euphues o La anatomía del ingenio (1579), que dio nombre al preciosismo literario inglés («eufuismo»).
John Lyly was an author considered to be the first English prose stylist to leave an enduring impression upon the language. As a playwright, he also contributed to the development of prose dialogue in English comedy. Lyly was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford, and went to London about 1576.
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Escritor sutil y exquisito, elevó a la dignidad artística tanto la prosa como el drama ingleses de fines del siglo XVI; sin embargo, careció de un verdadero talento de narrador y dramaturgo, y cultivó un género erudito y humanístico (Lyly fue el más notable de los «university Wits») cuya moda iba a quedar pronto eclipsada por la gran ...
A concise introduction to the strange and disappointing life of John Lyly, the first superstar playwright of the Elizabethan era. Includes a discussion of Lyly's use of the style known as "euphuism".
31 de ago. de 2015 · John Lyly (b. 1554–d. 1606) is often famed for his precarious hold on fame; he was a contemporary of Shakespeare and a literary celebrity in his own lifetime, but he has fallen, by comparison, into considerable obscurity.
