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

Gavin Alexander, Gavin Alexander

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English

Penguin Classics
30 March 2004

Brings together the major works of literary criticism from the English Renaissance

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.

By: Gavin Alexander
Edited by: Gavin Alexander
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 30mm
Weight: 398g
ISBN: 9780141439389
ISBN 10: 0141439386
Pages: 544
Publication Date: 30 March 2004
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.