Sidney's "The Defence of Poesy" and Selected Renaissance Literary Criticism
Sidney's "The Defence of Poesy" and Selected Renaissance Literary Criticism Controversy raged through England during the 1570-80s as Puritans denounced all manner of games & pastimes as a danger to…
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Sidney's "The Defence of Poesy" and Selected Renaissance Literary Criticism
Controversy raged through England during the 1570-80s as Puritans denounced all manner of games & pastimes as a danger to public morals. Here he set out to answer contemporary critics and, with reference to Classical models of criticism, formulated a manifesto for English literature. Writers quickly turrned their attention to their own art and the first and most influential response came with Philip Sidney's Defense.
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