{"product_id":"an-anthology-of-elizabethan-prose-fiction","title":"An Anthology of Elizabethan Prose Fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003eThese five works - George Gascoigne's \u003cem\u003eThe Adventures of Master F. J\u003c\/em\u003e; John Lyly's \u003cem\u003eEuphues: The Anatomy of Wit\u003c\/em\u003e; Robert Greene's \u003cem\u003ePandosto. The Triumph of Time\u003c\/em\u003e; Thomas Nashe's \u003cem\u003eThe Unfortunate Traveller\u003c\/em\u003e and Thomas Deloney's \u003cem\u003eJack of Newbury\u003c\/em\u003e - represent Elizabethan fiction at its best.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Adventures of Master F. J.\u003c\/em\u003e is a comedy of manners with a sting in its tail. In \u003cem\u003eEuphues\u003c\/em\u003e, John Lyly invented a new, elaborate rhetorical style which delighted its Elizabethan audience and has been praised or parodied ever since. \u003cem\u003ePandosto\u003c\/em\u003e was Shakespeare's source for \u003cem\u003eThe Winter's Tale\u003c\/em\u003e, but Greene's is a darker story designed to shock the reader accustomed to romantic conventions. \u003cem\u003eThe Unfortunate Traveller \u003c\/em\u003emarks the peak of Nashe's gift for literary pastiche, mixing picaresque narrative with mock-historical fantasy. \u003cem\u003eJack of Newbury\u003c\/em\u003e, dedicated to 'All famous cloth Workers in England', sums up important social contradictions in sharply observed comic scenes and brisk, witty dialogue. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a used book in excellent condition. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003cbr\u003ePublished: UK, 2008\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003ePages: 464\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003eISBN 13: 9780199540570\u003cbr\u003eISBN 10: 0199540578\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paul Salzman (EDT)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49946907574538,"sku":"","price":9.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/6066\/3399\/files\/9780199540570.jpg?v=1726386786","url":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareandsons.com\/products\/an-anthology-of-elizabethan-prose-fiction","provider":"Shakespeare \u0026 Sons Buchhandel GmbH","version":"1.0","type":"link"}