The Allegory of Wisdom in Lyly's Endimion

Authors

Carolyn Ruth Swift Lenz, Rhode Island College

Abstract

In lieu of an abstract, the first paragraph of the essay follows:

John Lyly's Endimion: The Man in the Moon is considered by many scholars to be either an allegory of love or a political allegory.¹ While these interpretations provide certain insights into Endimion, they do not explain adequately the intriguing references to knowledge that appear throughout the play. I suggest that Endimion is an allegory of wisdom.

Recommended Citation

Swift Lenz, Carolyn Ruth (1976) "The Allegory of Wisdom in Lyly's Endimion," Comparative Drama: Vol. 10: Iss. 3, Article 4.
Available at: https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/compdr/vol10/iss3/4