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

by Saccio P and 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 interpretation of particular plays he describes three distinct kinds of allegorical operation apparent in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691061599
• ISBN13: 9780691061597
• Release Date: January 1969
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.