{"product_id":"9780141936956","title":"Sidney's 'The Defence of Poesy' and Selected Renaissance Literary Criticism","description":"Controversy raged through England during the 1570-80s as Puritans denounced all manner of games\u0026amp;pastimes as a danger to public morals. Writers quickly turrned their attention to their own art and the first\u0026amp;most influential response came with Philip Sidney's Defense. Here he set out to answer contemporary critics \u0026amp;, with reference to Classical models of criticism, formulated a manifesto for English literature. Also includes George Puttenham's Art of English Poesy, Samuel Daniel's Defence of Rhyme,\u0026amp;passages by writers such as Ben Jonson, Francis Bacon\u0026amp;George Gascoigne.","brand":"Penguin Books, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47119499854064,"sku":"9780141936956","price":10.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780141936956_p0.jpg?v=1763655658","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780141936956","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}