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Delphi Complete Works of John Lyly Illustrated

by John Lyly ...

Series Book 8 - Delphi Series Fifteen
The Elizabethan writer John Lyly is regarded as the first prose stylist to leave an enduring impression upon the English language. His prose romance concerning the misadventures of Euphues, regarded by some as the first novel of English literature, launched his literary career in 1580’s London. Lyly’s interest with the exact arrangement and selection of words, his frequent use of classical similes ... Read more

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The Elizabethan writer John Lyly is regarded as the first prose stylist to leave an enduring impression upon the English language. His prose romance concerning the misadventures of Euphues, regarded by some as the first novel of English literature, launched his literary career in 1580’s London. Lyly’s interest with the exact arrangement and selection of words, his frequent use of classical similes
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Gallathea

by John Lyly ...

Gallathea by John Lyly is a graceful and inventive Elizabethan pastoral comedy that blends mythology, romance, disguise, and philosophical reflection into a richly poetic stage work. Set in an idyllic rural landscape infused with classical influences, the play explores themes of love, identity, transformation, and the complexities of human desire. The story centers on two young women, Gallathea ... Read more

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Gallathea by John Lyly is a graceful and inventive Elizabethan pastoral comedy that blends mythology, romance, disguise, and philosophical reflection into a richly poetic stage work. Set in an idyllic rural landscape infused with classical influences, the play explores themes of love, identity, transformation, and the complexities of human desire. The story centers on two young women, Gallathea
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Delphi Complete Works of John Lyly (Illustrated)

by John Lyly, Delphi Classics ...

Series Book 8 - Delphi Series Fifteen
The Elizabethan writer John Lyly is regarded as the first prose stylist to leave an enduring impression upon the English language. His prose romance concerning the misadventures of Euphues, regarded by some as the first novel of English literature, launched his literary career in 1580’s London. Lyly’s interest with the exact arrangement and selection of words, his frequent use of classical similes ... Read more

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The Elizabethan writer John Lyly is regarded as the first prose stylist to leave an enduring impression upon the English language. His prose romance concerning the misadventures of Euphues, regarded by some as the first novel of English literature, launched his literary career in 1580’s London. Lyly’s interest with the exact arrangement and selection of words, his frequent use of classical similes
... Read more
Endymion, The Man in the Moon

Enriched edition. A Whimsical Tale of Love and Longing in Renaissance Literature

by John Lyly, Jared Covington ...

John Lyly's "Endymion, The Man in the Moon" is a dazzling example of Elizabethan prose, seamlessly blending classical mythology with themes of love and desire. Written in 1591, the play captivates audiences with its rich, lyricism and intricate wordplay, showcasing Lyly's penchant for clever dialogues and rhetorical finesse. Set against the backdrop of the moon, the narrative delves into the love ... Read more

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John Lyly's "Endymion, The Man in the Moon" is a dazzling example of Elizabethan prose, seamlessly blending classical mythology with themes of love and desire. Written in 1591, the play captivates audiences with its rich, lyricism and intricate wordplay, showcasing Lyly's penchant for clever dialogues and rhetorical finesse. Set against the backdrop of the moon, the narrative delves into the love
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Harvard Classics Volume 40

English Poetry 1: Chaucer To Gray

by Geoffrey Chaucer, Golden Deer Classics, Anonymous, Thomas Wyatt, Henry Howard, George Gascoigne, Edward Dyer, John Lyly, Thomas Lodge, George Peele, Robert Southwell, Samuel Daniel, Michael Drayton, Henry Constable, Edmund Spenser, William Habington, Christopher Marlowe, Richard Rowlands, Thomas Nashe, William Shakespeare, Robert Greene, Richard Barnfield, Thomas Campion, Robert Devereux, Henry Wotton, Edward de Vere, Ben Jonson, John Donne, Joshua Sylvester, William Alexander, Richard Corbet, Thomas Heywood, Thomas Dekker, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, John Webster, William Drummond, George Wither, William Browne, Robert Herrick, Francis Quarles, George Herbert, Henry Vaughan, Francis Bacon, James Shirley, Thomas Carew, John Suckling, William D'Avenant, Richard Lovelace, Edmund Waller, William Cartwright, James Graham, Richard Crashaw, Thomas Jordan, Abraham Cowley, Alexander Brome, Andrew Marvell, Earl of Rochester, Charles Sedley, John Dryden, Matthew Prior, Isaac Watts, Lady Grisel Baillie, Joseph Addison, Allan Ramsay, John Gay, Henry Carey, Alexander Pope, Ambrose Philips, Colley Cibber, James Thomson, Thomas Gray, George Bubb Dodington ...

Series Book 40 - Harvard Classics
Contents: 1. Use Preview To See Table of Contents Inside Also available: The Complete Harvard Classics Collection (51 Volumes + The Harvard Classic Shelf Of Fiction) 50 Masterpieces You Have To Read Before You Die (Golden Deer Classics) ... Read more

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Contents: 1. Use Preview To See Table of Contents Inside Also available: The Complete Harvard Classics Collection (51 Volumes + The Harvard Classic Shelf Of Fiction) 50 Masterpieces You Have To Read Before You Die (Golden Deer Classics)
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Endymion, The Man in the Moon

Enriched edition. An Elizabethan Prose Comedy of Courtly Love, Witty Dialogue, and Mythic Moonlit Fantasy

by John Lyly ...

John Lyly's "Endymion, The Man in the Moon" is a remarkable exploration of love, desire, and the interplay between reality and fantasy. Written in the late 16th century, this prose comedy unfolds in a richly textured, poetic style filled with elegant dialogue and intricate wordplay. Lyly blends classical mythology with the emerging trends of English Renaissance literature, crafting a narrative ... Read more

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John Lyly's "Endymion, The Man in the Moon" is a remarkable exploration of love, desire, and the interplay between reality and fantasy. Written in the late 16th century, this prose comedy unfolds in a richly textured, poetic style filled with elegant dialogue and intricate wordplay. Lyly blends classical mythology with the emerging trends of English Renaissance literature, crafting a narrative
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Galatea

by John Lyly, Emma Frankland, Subira Joy, Andy Kesson ...

Translated by Brian Duffy ...

Series series Modern Plays
Was anyone undone by fire, or turned to ashes through desire?Two young trans people find love whilst escaping oppression; a shipwrecked migrant searches for his family; goddesses clash; parents fret; an alchemist brews magic and a teenage Cupid sets hearts on fire - causing chaos and near disaster. And all the while, time is running out! Galatea is an unapologetically queer tale of love, magic, ... Read more

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Was anyone undone by fire, or turned to ashes through desire?Two young trans people find love whilst escaping oppression; a shipwrecked migrant searches for his family; goddesses clash; parents fret; an alchemist brews magic and a teenage Cupid sets hearts on fire - causing chaos and near disaster. And all the while, time is running out! Galatea is an unapologetically queer tale of love, magic,
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Harvard Classics Volume 41

English Poetry 2: Collins To Fitzgerald

by William Collins, Golden Deer Classics, George Sewell, Alison Rutherford Cockburn, Jane Elliot, Christopher Smart, Anonymous, John Logan, Henry Fielding, Charles Dibdin, Samuel Johnson, Robert Graham of Gartmore, Adam Austin, William Cowper, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Anna Laetitia Barbauld, Isobel Pagan, Lady Anne Lindsay, Thomas Chatterton, Carolina Oliphant, Lady Nairne, Alexander Ross, John Skinner, Michael Bruce, George Halket, William Hamilton of Bangour, Hector MacNeil, William Jones, Susanna Blamire, Anne Hunter, John Dunlop, Samuel Rogers, William Blake, John Collins, Robert Tannahill, William Wordsworth, William Lisle Bowles, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Robert Southey, Charles Lamb, James Hogg, Robert Surtees, Thomas Campbell, J. Campbell, Allan Cunningham, George Gordon, Thomas Moore, Charles Wolfe, Percy Bysshe Shelley, James Henry Leigh Hunt, John Keats, Walter Savage Landor, Thomas Hood, Aubrey De Vere, Hartley Coleridge, Joseph Blanco White, George Darley, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Hugh Miller, Helen Selina, Lady Dufferin, Charles Tennyson Turner, Samuel Ferguson, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Edward Fitzgerald ...

Series Book 41 - Harvard Classics
Contents: 1. Use Preview To See Table of Contents Inside Also available: The Complete Harvard Classics Collection (51 Volumes + The Harvard Classic Shelf Of Fiction) 50 Masterpieces You Have To Read Before You Die (Golden Deer Classics) ... Read more

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Contents: 1. Use Preview To See Table of Contents Inside Also available: The Complete Harvard Classics Collection (51 Volumes + The Harvard Classic Shelf Of Fiction) 50 Masterpieces You Have To Read Before You Die (Golden Deer Classics)
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Harvard Classics Volume 42

English Poetry 3: Tennyson To Whitman

by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Golden Deer Classics, Richard Monckton Milnes, William Makepeace Thackeray, Charles Kingsley, J. Wilson, Robert Browning, Emily Brontë, Robert Stephen Hawker, Coventry Patmore, William (Johnson) Cory, Sydney Dobell, William Allingham, George Mac Donald, Edward, Earl of Lytton, Arthur Hugh Clough, Matthew Arnold, George Meredith, Alexander Smith, Charles Dickens, Thomas Edward Brown, James Thomson (B. V.), Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Christina Georgina Rossetti, William Morris, John Boyle O'Reilly, Arthur William Edgar O'Shaughnessy, Robert Williams Buchanan, Algernon Charles Swinburne, William Ernest Henley, Robert Louis Stevenson, William Cullen Bryant, Edgar Allan Poe, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Greenleaf Whittier, Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Russell Lowell, Sidney Lanier, Bret Harte, Walt Whitman ...

Series Book 42 - Harvard Classics
Contents: 1. Use Preview To See Table of Contents Inside Also available: The Complete Harvard Classics Collection (51 Volumes + The Harvard Classic Shelf Of Fiction) 50 Masterpieces You Have To Read Before You Die (Golden Deer Classics) ... Read more

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Contents: 1. Use Preview To See Table of Contents Inside Also available: The Complete Harvard Classics Collection (51 Volumes + The Harvard Classic Shelf Of Fiction) 50 Masterpieces You Have To Read Before You Die (Golden Deer Classics)
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The Unfortunate Traveller

by Thomas Nashe ...

Thomas Nashe ( 1567 – c. 1601) is considered the greatest of the English Elizabethan pamphleteers. He was a playwright, poet, and satirist. He is best known for his novel ‘The Unfortunate Traveller. The Unfortunate Traveller: or, the Life of Jack Wilton (published The Unfortunate Traueller: or, The Life of Iacke Wilton) by Thomas Nashe (1594) is a picaresque novel set during the reign of Henry ... Read more

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Thomas Nashe ( 1567 – c. 1601) is considered the greatest of the English Elizabethan pamphleteers. He was a playwright, poet, and satirist. He is best known for his novel ‘The Unfortunate Traveller. The Unfortunate Traveller: or, the Life of Jack Wilton (published The Unfortunate Traueller: or, The Life of Iacke Wilton) by Thomas Nashe (1594) is a picaresque novel set during the reign of Henry
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The Tale of Cupid & Psyches

by Lucius Apuleius ...

Translated by William Adlington ...

The first known record of the the poignant tale of Psyche's labors to reclaim the love of Cupid is recorded by Lucius Apuleius in the second century AD. When the beautiful Psyche attracts the jealous wrath of Venus, Venus sends her son Cupid to bewitch the girl and cause her to fall in love with a monster, but Cupid himself falls in love with his mother's nemesis and secretly becomes her husband. ... Read more

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The first known record of the the poignant tale of Psyche's labors to reclaim the love of Cupid is recorded by Lucius Apuleius in the second century AD. When the beautiful Psyche attracts the jealous wrath of Venus, Venus sends her son Cupid to bewitch the girl and cause her to fall in love with a monster, but Cupid himself falls in love with his mother's nemesis and secretly becomes her husband.
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Amores ("The Loves") (Mobi Classics)

by Ovid,Christopher Marlowe (Translator) ...

Amores is Ovid's first completed book, published in 16 BC. Amores was written in the elegiac distich. The book follows the model of the erotic elegy-perhaps the most common theme of the time-as treated before by Tibullus and Propertius, but often in a subversive and humorous way, with common motifs and devices being exaggerated to the point of absurdity. However, the Amores could also be ... Read more

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Amores is Ovid's first completed book, published in 16 BC. Amores was written in the elegiac distich. The book follows the model of the erotic elegy-perhaps the most common theme of the time-as treated before by Tibullus and Propertius, but often in a subversive and humorous way, with common motifs and devices being exaggerated to the point of absurdity. However, the Amores could also be
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