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

Peter Saccio

The Court Comedies of John Lyly: A Study in Allegorical Dramaturgy
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Country
United States
Published
28 June 2016
Pages
242
ISBN
9780691648682

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

Peter Saccio

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 inte

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