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

Gavin Alexander author Gavin Alexander editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd

Published:26th Feb '04

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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.

ISBN: 9780141439389

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 30mm

Weight: 394g

544 pages