TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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INTRODUCTION. The problem stated—Sketch of Lyly's life 1
CHAPTER I. Euphuism 10 Section I. The Anatomy of Euphuism 13 Section II. The Origins of Euphuism 21 Section III. Lyly's Legatees and the relation between Euphuism and the Renaissance 43 Section IV. The position of Euphuism in the history of English prose 52
CHAPTER II. The First English Novel 64 The rise of the Novel—the characteristics of The Anatomy of Wit and Euphues and his England—the Elizabethan Novel.
CHAPTER III. Lyly the Dramatist 85 Section I. English Comedy before 1580 89 Section II. The Eight Plays 98 Section III. Lyly's advance and subsequent influence 119
CHAPTER IV. Conclusion 132 Lyly's Character—Summary. Index 143