Love’s Metamorphosis
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Love’s Metamorphosis is a late 16th-century pastoral comedy play by English Renaissance dramatist John Lyly, blending mythological themes with witty courtly dialogue.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
pastoral comedy
ⓘ
play ⓘ stage work ⓘ |
| author | John Lyly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| dramaticPeriod | late 16th century ⓘ |
| dramaticStructure | multi-plot pastoral comedy ⓘ |
| dramaticTradition |
Elizabethan theatre
NERFINISHED
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courtly drama ⓘ |
| form | prose drama ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
mythological drama ⓘ pastoral drama ⓘ |
| hasAudienceContext | courtly audience ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext | Elizabethan court culture ⓘ |
| hasDialogueType | prose dialogue ⓘ |
| hasDramaticMedium | live theatre ⓘ |
| hasDramaticMode | romantic comedy ⓘ |
| hasDramatist | John Lyly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryForm | Renaissance play ⓘ |
| hasMythologicalSource | classical mythology ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Renaissance humanism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | English Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Arcadian pastoral landscape ⓘ |
| style | witty courtly dialogue ⓘ |
| theme |
constancy in love
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courtly love ⓘ love ⓘ metamorphosis ⓘ power of the gods ⓘ unrequited love ⓘ |
| usesMythologicalFigures | true ⓘ |
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