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

by Philip Sidney and Various

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0141439386
• ISBN13: 9780141439389
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Length: 452 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.1" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher