John Lyly 1554-1606
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Born in Kent.
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Studied in Magdalen college, Oxford.
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Considered the first English prose stylist to leave an enduring impression upon the language.
Works:
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Euphues, or Anatomy of Wit (1578)
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Euphues and His England (1580)
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Campaspe (1584)
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Sappho and Phao (1584)
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The Triumph of Trophies (1586)
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Pappe with an Hatchet (1589)
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A Whip for an Ape 91589)
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Mother Bombie (1589)
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Midas (1589)
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Love’s Metamorphosis (1589)
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Endymion (1591)
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Gallathea (1592)
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The Woman in the Moon (1597)
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The Maid’s Metamorphosis (1600)
 
							