| Description |
lxxxviii, 452 pages ; 20 cm. |
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Penguin classics |
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Penguin classics.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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 -- 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. |
| Subject |
Poetry -- Early works to 1800.
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English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism.
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English literature -- Early modern.
(OCoLC)fst01710960
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Poetry. (OCoLC)fst01067691
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Sidney, Philip.
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Puttenham, George.
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Defence of poesie.
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Arte of English poesie.
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Zeitgenossen.
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Poetik.
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Englisch.
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| Chronological Term |
1500 - 1700
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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Early works. (OCoLC)fst01411636
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Quelle.
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| Added Author |
Sidney, Philip, 1554-1586.
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Alexander, Gavin (English professor)
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| Added Title |
Defence of Poesy and selected Renaissance literary criticism |
| ISBN |
0141439386 |
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9780141439389 |
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