John Lyly (; also spelled ''Lilly'', ''Lylie'', ''Lylly''; born c. 1553–4 – buried 30 November 1606) 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 of which were performed before Queen Elizabeth I. Lyly's distinctive and much imitated literary style, named after the title character of his two books, is known as ''euphuism''. He is sometimes grouped with other professional dramatists of the 1580s and 1590s like Christopher Marlowe, Robert Greene, Thomas Nashe, George Peele, and Thomas Lodge, as one of the so-called University Wits. He has been credited by some scholars with writing the first English novel, and as being 'the father of English comedy'.
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John Lyly (; also spelled ''Lilly'', ''Lylie'', ''Lylly''; born c. 1553–4 – buried 30 November 1606) 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 of which were performed before Queen Elizabeth I. Lyly's distinctive and much imitated literary style, named after the title character of his two books, is known as ''euphuism''. He is sometimes grouped with other professional dramatists of the 1580s and 1590s like Christopher Marlowe, Robert Greene, Thomas Nashe, George Peele, and Thomas Lodge, as one of the so-called University Wits. He has been credited by some scholars with writing the first English novel, and as being 'the father of English comedy'.
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