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

Name: Sidney's 'The Defence of Poesy' and Selected Renaissance Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780141439389

Sir Philip Sidney, Gavin Alexander

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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 and most influential response came with Philip Sidney's Defense. Here he set out to answer contemporary critics and, 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, and passages by writers such as Ben Jonson, Francis Bacon, and George Gascoigne.

Categories:

Arts - History & Criticism

Year:

2004

Publisher:

Penguin Classics

Language:

english

Pages:

544

ISBN 10:

0141439386