Sidney's 'The Defence of Poesy' and Selected Renaissance Literary Criticism
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, British, Poetry
| 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.
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.
