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John Lyly, an Uncommon card
John Lyly was an English writer, playwright, courtier, and parliamentarian.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 71
- DEF
- 53
- Power
- 124
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 18,000
Power 124 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He first achieved success with his two books Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit and its sequel Euphues and His England, and then became a dramatist, writing eight plays which survive, at least six of which were performed before Queen Elizabeth I. Lyly's distinctive and much imitated literary style, named after the title character of his two books, is known as euphuism.
- He is sometimes grouped with other professional dramatists of the 1580s and 1590s like Christopher Marlowe, Robert Greene, Thomas Nashe, George Peele, and Thomas Lodge, as one of the so-called University Wits.
- He has been credited by some scholars with writing the first English novel, and as being 'the father of English comedy'.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The John Lyly article was read about 18,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 71 and blocks with 53: each hit it takes is cut by 21 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, John Lyly (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Facsimile of a MS. in Hatfield Library, included in “The Complete Works of John Lyly”, edi, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.