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

By (author) Gavin Alexander, Edited by 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 & 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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Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd
Published date | 26 Feb 2004
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Format | Paperback / softback
Pages | 544
Dimensions | 201 x 131 x 32mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 394g
ISBN | 978-0-1414-3938-9
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BISAC | literary criticism / poetry

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