Literary pamphlets chiefly relating to poetry from Sidney to Byron
By: selected and arranged with an introduction and notes by Ernest Rhys.
Series: The pamphlet library, edited by Arthur Waugh
Publisher: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner
Published: 1897
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: English poetry.
Table of contents: value: v.1. Introduction. I. Johnson's preliminary essay - 'On the origin and importance of small tracts and fugitive pieces'. II. Sidney's 'An apologie for poetrie'. III. Campion's 'Obeservations in the art of English poesie'. IV. Daniel's 'A defence of ryme'. V. Swift's 'The importance of the "Guardian" considered'.; value: v.2. I. Milton's 'Areopagitica'. II. Addison's 'A discourse on ancient and modern learning'. III. Pope's 'An essay on criticism'. IV. Byron's 'Letter to John Murray on the Rev. W. L. Bowles's strictures on Pope'. V. Wordsworth's 'A letter to a friend of Robert Burns'. VI. Bowles's Appendix - Two passages from "Two letters to the Right Hon. Lord Byron'.