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

Title: Sidney's the Defence of Poesy and Selected Renaissance Literary Criticism
Author: Various
Literary Criticism: 1703354
ISBN: 9780141439389
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: 2004
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: unknown
Number of Pages: 544
Section: Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Condition Note: Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Publisher 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.