Sidney's 'The Defence of Poesy' and Selected Renaissance Literary Criticism

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, British, Poetry
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Author: Gavin Alexander ISBN: 9780141936956
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Publication: February 26, 2004
Imprint: Penguin Language: English
Author: Gavin Alexander
ISBN: 9780141936956
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Publication: February 26, 2004
Imprint: Penguin
Language: English

Controversy raged through England during the 1570-80s as Puritans denounced all manner of games & pastimes as a danger to public morals. Writers quickly turrned their attention to their own art and the first & most influential response came with Philip Sidney's Defense. Here he set out to answer contemporary critics &, with reference to Classical models of criticism, formulated a manifesto for English literature. Also includes George Puttenham's Art of English Poesy, Samuel Daniel's Defence of Rhyme, & passages by writers such as Ben Jonson, Francis Bacon & George Gascoigne.

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Controversy raged through England during the 1570-80s as Puritans denounced all manner of games & pastimes as a danger to public morals. Writers quickly turrned their attention to their own art and the first & most influential response came with Philip Sidney's Defense. Here he set out to answer contemporary critics &, with reference to Classical models of criticism, formulated a manifesto for English literature. Also includes George Puttenham's Art of English Poesy, Samuel Daniel's Defence of Rhyme, & passages by writers such as Ben Jonson, Francis Bacon & George Gascoigne.

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