Endymion

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Endymion is a late 16th-century allegorical comedy play by John Lyly, notable for its elaborate courtly language and its reflection of Elizabethan court politics.

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instanceOf Elizabethan play
allegorical comedy
play
allegoricalRepresentationOf Elizabeth I (as Cynthia)
author John Lyly
countryOfOrigin England
dramaticForm comedy in prose
featuresCharacter Cynthia
Endymion (mythological shepherd)
linked to: Endymion
firstPerformanceDate late 16th century
genre allegory
comedy
hasInfluenceOn later courtly drama
hasSubject Elizabethan court politics
language English
literaryForm stage play
literaryPeriod Elizabethan era
linked to: English Renaissance
notableFor elaborate courtly language
reflection of Elizabethan court politics
partOf English Renaissance literature
setting mythological pastoral world
structure five-act play
style euphuistic prose
theatricalTradition English Renaissance theatre
theme courtly love
flattery and patronage
loyalty to the monarch
political allegory
timePeriodOfComposition circa 1580s
writer John Lyly

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John Lyly wrote Endymion