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Sidney's The defence of Poesy and selected Renaissance literary criticism
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- Book Synopsis
- 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.
- About The Author
- Gavin Alexander, University Assistant Lecturer in English & Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge, has written on the Sidney family & circle, & the literary response to him.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780141439389
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics, (26 February 2004)
- Number of Pages
- 452
- Weight
- 394 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 201 x 131 x 32 mm
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