Art of English Poesy A Critical Edition

Name: Art of English Poesy A Critical Edition
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ISBN: 9780801486524

ISBN-10: 0801486521

ISBN-13: 9780801486524

Edition: 2016

Authors: George Puttenham, Frank Whigham, Wayne A. Rebhorn

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George Puttenham's Art of English Poesy is a foundational work of English Renaissance criticism and literary theory. Rich in detail about the nature, purpose, and functions of poetry as well as the poet's character and goals, it is also a valuable historical document, offering generous insight into Elizabethan court culture, implicitly on display in the attitudes and values of the writer. His illustrative anecdotes enable us to watch European courtiers negotiating their social and political relationships with one another as well as with rulers and social inferiors.This new critical edition of The Art of English Poesy contains the first modernized and fully annotated edition of Puttenham's…

Book details

List price: $36.95
Copyright year: 2016
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication date: 10/2/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 512
Size: 6.18" wide x 9.17" long x 1.26" tall
Weight: 1.584
Language: English




The Documentary Life



Puttenham's Writings



The Authorship of the Art



Puttenham's Archive



Poetics in the Art



Puttenham's Ambitions



Editorial Conventions


Book 1


Book 2


Book 3


The "Table"


The uncorrected state of sig. Ee2r


Emendations