Endymion (play)
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Endymion (play)
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Endymion, the Man in the Moon is an Elizabethan era comedy by John Lyly, written circa 1588. The action of the play centers around a young courtier, Endymion, who is sent into an endless slumber by Tellus, his former lover, because he has spurned her to worship the ageless Queen Cynthia. The prose is characterised by Euphuism, Lyly's highly ornate, formalised style, meant to convey the intelligence and wit of the speaker. Endymion has been called "without doubt, the boldest in conception and the
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Elizabethan era comedy by John Lyly
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endymion_(play)
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2024-02-03T17:09:01Z
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