This book is a significant work on poetics written in the late 16th century. Puttenham applies classical principles to the craft of poetry and uses examples from contemporary English literature…

A full reprint of the text of The Arte of English Poesie, a vivid record of the critical and creative methods of a prolific age, the late sixteenth century. Cambridge…

A full reprint of the text of The Arte of English Poesie, a vivid record of the critical and creative methods of a prolific age, the late sixteenth century. Cambridge…