- English literature, history and criticism, Poetics, English poetry, history and criticism, early modern, 1500-1700, Early works to 1800
"The Model of Poesy is one of the most exciting literary discoveries of recent years. A manuscript treatise on poetics written by William Scott in 1599, at the end of the most revolutionary decade in English literary history, it includes rich discussions of the works of Sidney, Spenser, Shakespeare and their contemporaries.
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Cool, grave, earnest and classical in form.
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- Author
- William Scott
- First published
- 2013
- Pages
- 307
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780521196116
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