Sidney's 'The defence of Poesy' and selected Renaissance literary criticism
By: edited and with an introduction and notes by Gavin Alexander.
Contributors: Sidney, Philip, Sir, 1554-1586.; Alexander, Gavin, Dr.
Series: Penguin classics
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2004
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 452
Subjects: Poetry -- Early works to 1800; English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Other titles: Defence of Poesy and selected Renaissance literary criticism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The defence of poesy (c. 1580; printed 1595) / Sir Philip Sidney; title: The art of English poesy (1589) / George Puttenham; title: A defence of rhyme (1603) / Samuel Daniel; title: Certain notes of instruction (1575) / George Gascoigne; title: From The garden of eloquence (1577; 1593) / Henry Peacham; title: From A discourse of English poetry (1586) / William Webbe; title: A brief apology of poetry (1591) / Sir John Harington; title: From Musophilus: containing a general defence of learning (1599) / Samuel Daniel; title: From Observations in the art of English poesy (1602) / Thomas Campion; title: From The advancement of learning (1605) / Francis Bacon; title: 'To Henry Reynolds, of poets and poesy' (1627) / Michael Drayton; title: From Anacrisis, or, A censure of some poets ancient and modern (c. 1635) / Sir William Alexander; title: 'A fit of rhyme against rhyme' (before 1637) / Ben Jonson; title: From Horace, his Art of poetry (before 1637) / Ben Jonson.