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

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

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Gavin Alexander (Author) Gavin Alexander (Contributor)  

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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.
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.
  • Contributor: Gavin Alexander
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • ISBN13: 9780141439389
  • Number of Pages: 544
  • Packaged Dimensions: 129x198x30mm
  • Packaged Weight: 394
  • Format: Paperback
  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
  • Release Date: 2004-02-26
  • Binding: Paperback / softback
  • Biography: 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.

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