Sidney's 'The Defence of Poesy' and Selected Renaissance Literary Criticism (Penguin Classics)

Author: Alexander, Gavin

Brand: Penguin

Binding: Paperback

Number Of Pages: 544

Release Date: 01-07-2004

Part Number: 9780141439389

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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.


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.

EAN: 9780141439389

Package Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.0 x 1.3 inches

Languages: English