Endymion, the Man in the Moon: Played Before the Queen's Majesty at Greenwich on Candlemas Day, at Night, by the Children of Paul's (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Tms edition of Lyly's Endymion has been pre pared because, something more than a year ago, the editor felt the need of an inexpensive edition of some representative play of the court drama tist which could be used by classes in the Eliza bethan drama. The text was soon ready, but when the time came to write the introduction the editor found much contradiction in regard to John Lyly's life; much material bearing on it that had been, apparently, but rapidly read for its evidence in regard to him and many years of his life left blank. It seemed, therefore, worth while to try to write an account of Lyly's career which should make use of all the known mate rial in regard to him, and should, at the same time, clear away, if possible, the confusion that contradictory statements of previous biographers had caused.

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