As you like it - As you like it

…His writing style made full use of the then-fresh Euphuism (J. Lilly), and while he wrote beautiful prose, he also sprinkled pastoral poems and love sonnets in to appeal to the tastes of the time. The plot and characters became the prototype for Shakespeare's As You Like It. His collection of love poems, Phillis (1593), is also famous. …

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…文体には当時新鮮であった〈ユーフュイズム〉(J.リリー)を駆使し，美文調の散文を連ねつつ，牧歌詩や恋愛ソネットをちりばめて，時代の好みに訴えている。筋も登場人物も，シェークスピアの《お気に召すまま》の原型となった。恋愛詩集《フィリス》(1593)も有名。…

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