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

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

  • Author : Gavin Alexander
  • Release Date : 2004-02-26
  • Publisher : Penguin UK
  • Genre : Literary Criticism
  • Pages : 684
  • ISBN 13 : 0141936959
  • File Size : 86,86 MB
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Sidney's 'The Defence of Poesy' and Selected Renaissance Literary Criticism by Gavin Alexander PDF Summary

Book Description: 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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