Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit
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Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit is a 1578 prose romance by John Lyly that popularized the highly ornate "euphuistic" style and became a landmark of Elizabethan literature.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Euphues and His England | 2 |
| Euphues | 1 |
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Elizabethan literature work
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prose romance ⓘ |
| associatedWithMonarch | Elizabeth I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | John Lyly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| criticalReception | highly influential in its time ⓘ |
| educationalUse | example of Elizabethan prose style ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Euphues and His England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| form | didactic romance ⓘ |
| genre |
didactic fiction
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romance ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter | Euphues NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart | letters and moral discourses ⓘ |
| historicalContext | English Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Elizabethan prose style
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English Renaissance literature ⓘ |
| languageRegister | highly ornate ⓘ |
| legacy | gave its name to euphuism ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Euphuism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Elizabethan era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | landmark of Elizabethan literature ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | prose ⓘ |
| notableFor | popularizing the euphuistic style ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1578 ⓘ |
| rhetoricalFeatures |
alliteration
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balanced antitheses ⓘ extensive classical allusions ⓘ parallelism ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | Renaissance ⓘ |
| style | euphuistic ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
courtly life
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education and humanist ideals ⓘ religion and morality ⓘ |
| targetAudience | Elizabethan courtly readers ⓘ |
| theme |
education of a young gentleman
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love and friendship ⓘ moral conduct ⓘ |
| timeOfComposition | late 1570s ⓘ |
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Euphues and His England
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Euphues