{"product_id":"the-art-of-english-poesy-paperback","title":"The Art of English Poesy - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeorge Puttenham\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eFrank Whigham\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eWayne A. Rebhorn\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeorge Puttenham's \u003ci\u003eArt of English Poesy\u003c\/i\u003e is a foundational work of English Renaissance criticism and literary theory. Rich in detail about the nature, purpose, and functions of poetry as well as the poet's character and goals, it is also a valuable historical document, offering generous insight into Elizabethan court culture, implicitly on display in the attitudes and values of the writer. His illustrative anecdotes enable us to watch European courtiers negotiating their social and political relationships with one another as well as with rulers and social inferiors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis new critical edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Art of English Poesy\u003c\/i\u003e contains the first modernized and fully annotated edition of Puttenham's 1589 text; a substantial introductory essay by Frank Whigham and Wayne A. Rebhorn; a comprehensive bibliography; several glossaries and appendixes; and an index. The editors' masterly essay introduces Puttenham to modern readers and situates \u003ci\u003eThe Art of English Poesy\u003c\/i\u003e in the context of the rhetorical theory, poetics, and courtly conduct of its time. The introduction also includes a concise biography of Puttenham based on a variety of new and unfamiliar data: he married an older and much richer woman whom he badly mistreated; indulged habitually in a life of sexual predation; was repeatedly sued, arrested, and imprisoned; survived several supposed attempts on his life; and died, nearly indigent, in 1591. For scholars and students of the English Renaissance, the Cornell edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Art of English Poesy\u003c\/i\u003e should prove the definitive edition of Puttenham's major work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrank Whigham is Arthur J. Thaman and Wilhelmina Doré Thaman Professor of English at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eSeizures of the Will in Early Modern English Drama\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAmbition and Privilege: The Social Tropes of Elizabethan Courtesy Theory\u003c\/i\u003e. Wayne A. Rebhorn is Celanese Centennial Professor of English at the University of Texas at Austin and the author of several books, including\u003ci\u003e The Emperor of Men's Minds: Literature and the Renaissance Discourse of Rhetoric\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Renaissance Debates on Rhetoric\u003c\/i\u003e, both from Cornell.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 512\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.21 x 9.16 x 6.34 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 02, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42131388039303,"sku":"9780801486524","price":75.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/9d866379647bd89ca7dca7c18ec7d86a.webp?v=1732618582","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-art-of-english-poesy-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}