Sidney's 'The defence of Poesy' and selected Renaissance literary criticism / edited and with an introduction and notes by Gavin Alexander.
| Other author | Sidney, Philip, 1554-1586. |
| Other author | Alexander, Gavin (English professor) |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | London ; New York : Penguin, 2004. |
| Description | lxxxviii, 452 pages ; 20 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Penguin classics Penguin classics. ^A229330 |
| Contents | The defence of poesy (c. 1580; printed 1595) / Sir Philip Sidney -- The art of English poesy (1589) / George Puttenham -- A defence of rhyme (1603) / Samuel Daniel -- Selected passages: Certain notes of instruction (1575) / George Gascoigne -- From The garden of eloquence (1577; 1593) / Henry Peacham -- From A discourse of English poetry (1586) / William Webbe -- A brief apology of poetry (1591) / Sir John Harington -- From Musophilus: containing a general defence of learning (1599) / Samuel Daniel -- From Observations in the art of English poesy (1602) / Thomas Campion -- From The advancement of learning (1605) / Francis Bacon -- 'To Henry Reynolds, of poets and poesy' (1627) / Michael Drayton -- From Anacrisis, or, A censure of some poets ancient and modern (c. 1635) / Sir William Alexander -- 'A fit of rhyme against rhyme' (before 1637) / Ben Jonson -- From Horace, his Art of poetry (before 1637) / Ben Jonson. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [316]-442) and index. |
| ISBN | 0141439386 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | PN1031 .S657 2004 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |