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An Anthology of Elizabethan Prose Fiction
Paul(Ed ) Salzman
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Paperback. Editor(s): Salzman, Dr Paul. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 3JB; DQ; DSBD; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 318.
These five works - George Gascoigne's The Adventures of Master F. J; John Lyly's Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit; Robert Greene's Pandosto. The Triumph of Time; Thomas Nashe's The Unfortunate Traveller and Thomas Deloney's Jack of Newbury - represent Elizabethan fiction at its best. The Adventures of Master F. J. is a comedy of manners with a sting in its tail. In Euphues John Lyly invented a new, elaborate rhetorical style which delighted its Elizabethan audience and has been praised or parodied ever since. Pandosto was Shakespeare's source for The Winter's Tale, but Greene's is a darker story designed ... Read more
These five works - George Gascoigne's The Adventures of Master F. J; John Lyly's Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit; Robert Greene's Pandosto. The Triumph of Time; Thomas Nashe's The Unfortunate Traveller and Thomas Deloney's Jack of Newbury - represent Elizabethan fiction at its best. The Adventures of Master F. J. is a comedy of manners with a sting in its tail. In Euphues John Lyly invented a new, elaborate rhetorical style which delighted its Elizabethan audience and has been praised or parodied ever since. Pandosto was Shakespeare's source for The Winter's Tale, but Greene's is a darker story designed ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199540570
SKU
V9780199540570
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Reviews for An Anthology of Elizabethan Prose Fiction
`I am delighted to see, at long last, such a judicious collection' Roger Moss, University of Essex `An excelent anthology: representative works, well-edited, intelligently annotated. Exactly what we've been looking for for many years.' Dr William Zunder, Hull University `A timely and well-selected anthology of literature undeservedly neglected to date.' Dr Kim Walker, University college, Dublin. 'I've been needing an ... Read more