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John Lyly's work significantly shaped the writing of which famous writer ?

Correct answer: D. William Shakespeare

  • A. William Blake
  • B. William Wordsworth
  • C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
  • D. William Shakespeare

Explanation

Lyly's euphuistic prose, with its elaborate balances and verbal ornament, strongly influenced Shakespeare's early dramatic style. The other writers were not his principal literary successors in this respect.

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