Sir Philip Sidney as a Literary CraftsmanHarvard University Press, 1935 - 322 pages |
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... Elyot admits the twofold function of pleasure and profit . Nevertheless Elyot's failure as a critic is patent . He assigns poetry to the early years of the child's education , and after the age of thirteen , " in which time childhode de ...
... Elyot admits the twofold function of pleasure and profit . Nevertheless Elyot's failure as a critic is patent . He assigns poetry to the early years of the child's education , and after the age of thirteen , " in which time childhode de ...
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... Elyot is speaking here of a prejudice against all forms of scholarship , particularly in a knight . Indeed , he goes ... Elyot's other studies : ' Some of them herynge me spoken of , haue saide in de- rision , that although I were ...
... Elyot is speaking here of a prejudice against all forms of scholarship , particularly in a knight . Indeed , he goes ... Elyot's other studies : ' Some of them herynge me spoken of , haue saide in de- rision , that although I were ...
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... Elyot which met such fierce criticism were on sober matters like government , education , moral philos- ophy , practical medicine , the life of a Roman emperor , not to mention his dictionary and his translation of a ser- mon of St ...
... Elyot which met such fierce criticism were on sober matters like government , education , moral philos- ophy , practical medicine , the life of a Roman emperor , not to mention his dictionary and his translation of a ser- mon of St ...
Contents
HUMANIST COURTIER AND POET | 3 |
THE DEFENCE OF POESIE AS A CLASSICAL ORATION | 46 |
SIDNEYS CLASSICAL BACKGROUND | 84 |
Copyright | |
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