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John Lyly was an English author and playwright in the late 16th century who was considered the first English prose stylist to have a lasting impact on the language. He was educated at Oxford and published two popular romantic novels, Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit and Euphues and His England, in the 1580s that established a new style of elaborate, classical-inspired prose known as "euphuism". Lyly also contributed to the development of prose dialogue in English comedy through his plays.
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