Sidney's 'The Defence of Poesy' and Selected Renaissance Literary CriticismPenguin UK, 2004 M02 26 - 544 páginas 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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Further Reading | |
SAMUEL DANIEL | |
SELECTED PASSAGES | |
Sir John Harington | |
Thomas Campion | |
Sir William Alexander | |
A Note on English Versification | |
Index | |
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