Elizabethan Critical Essays - Vol II: 2 Book

ELIZABETHAN CRITICAL ESSAYS EDITED WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY G. GREGORY SMITH VOLUME II - CONTENTS OF VOL. II PUTTENHAM . PAGE The Arte of English Poesie. 1589 .... 1-193 . SIR JOHN HARINGTON. A Preface, or rather a Brief Apologie of Poetrie prefixed to the translation of Orlando Furioso. 159 ......... 194-223 THOMAS NASH. Preface to Sidneys Astrophel and Stella. 1591 . 223-228 GABRIEL HARVEY. From Foure Letters. 1592 ..... 229-238 THOMAS NASH. From Strange Newes, or Foure Letters Confuted. 1593 ......... GABRIEL HARVEY. I. From Pierce Supererogation. 1593. . 245-282 II. From A New Letter of Notable Contents. 1593 . 282-284 RICHARD CAREW. The Excellency of the English Tongue. 1595-6 . 285-294 GEORGE CHAPMAN. I. Preface to Seaven Bookes of the Iliadts of Homer. 1598 ....... 295- 97 II. Dedication, c. of Achilles Shield. 1598 . . 297-307 FRANCIS MERES. From Palladis Tamia. 1598 ..... 308-324 WILLIAM VAUGHAN. From The Golden Grove. 1600 . . . . y 1 See Qfte, p. 407. iv Contents THOMAS CAMPION. PAGE Observations in the Art of English Poesie. 1602 . 327-355 SAMUEL DANIEL. A Defence of Ryme. 1603 . . . . . 356-384 APPENDIX. I. BEN JONSON. i and ii. From Every Man in his Humour . 387-390 iii. From Every Man out of his Humour . 390-393 iv. From The Poetaster 393 397 II. The Returne from Parnassus. 1601. Part II, I. 398-4 3 NOTES TO TEXTS IN VOL. II 405-466 ADDITIONAL NOTES AND CORRECTIONS VoLS. I AND II 467 GENERAL INDEX TO VOLS. I AND II TEXTS, INTRO DUCTION, AND NOTES 469-509 GEORGE PUTTENHAM TV, ARTT oj E. GU H Poi s 1589 The Arte of English Pocsie. Contrined into three Bookes The first of Poets and Poesie, the sicond of Proportion, the third of Ornament was published without the authors name, in 1589, by Richaid Fntd, dwelling in the black-Friers, necre Litdgate The text here printed follows Ben Jonsons copy, now in the British Museum. Many passages are underlined especially in the opening chapters, and there arc a few annotations but it is extremely doubtful that any of these arc by Ben Jonson. The copy also contains eight unnumbered pages on the Device and Anagram 5 see p. 105, which were withdrawn vhilc the volume was passing through the press and it has the substituted pa agc in Book 111. chap, xix, in place of the criticism of the Flemings, which occurs in some copies of this edition sec Notes. The Arte of English Poe ie is anonymous, yet the evidence of Puttenhams authorship is, if not absolute, at lea t sufficiently strong to justify the ascription. It is tk 4icated May 28, 1589 to Lord Treasurer Burghlcy by the printer Richard Field, who excuses his presumption and his authors slender subject in these words This Booke right Honorable comming to my handes, with his bare title without any Authours name or any other ordi narie addrcsse, I doubted how well it might become me to make you a present thereof, seeming, by many expresse passages in the same at large, that it was by the Authour intended to our Soueraigne Lady the Queene, and for her recreation and seruicc chiefly deuised in which case to make any other person hoc highnes partener in the honour George Puttenham of his guift it could not stand with my dutie, nor be without some preiudice to her Maiesties interest and his merrite. Perceyuing, besides, the title to purport so slender a sub iect, as nothing almost could be more discrepant from the grauitie of your yeeres and Honorable function, whose contemplations are euery houre more seriously employed vpon the publicke administration and seruices, I thought it no condigne gratification nor scarce any good satisfaction for such a person as you...Read More