A Defence of Poesie and Poems

This 1891 Cassell's National Library edition reprints Sir Philip Sidney's "Defence of Poesie," the first important work of literary criticism in English literature, written in 1581 in response to Puritan attacks on poetry, together with a selection of his poems and a biographical introduction.

Public domain in the US. From Project Gutenberg.

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Other Non-Fiction›Essays and criticism›Literary theory and the craft of writing›Poetry and verse

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Bibliophiles›Other Non-Fiction›Essays and criticism›Literary theory and the craft of writing›Poetry and verse