John Lyly, English poet and courtier

John Lyly

English writer, dramatist, courtier, and Member of Parliament. (c. 1553/54–1606)

John Lyly was an English writer, playwright, courtier, and parliamentarian. He first achieved success with his two books Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit (1578) and its sequel Euphues and His England (1580), and then became a dramatist, writing eight plays which survive, at least six…