The Essayes of a Prentise, in the Divine Art of Poesie, Edinburgh, 1585 : A Counterblaste to Tobacco, London, 1604 (Classic Reprint).cProfessor Edward Arber
Excerpt from The Essayes of a Prentise, in the Divine Art of Poesie, Edinburgh, 1585: A Counterblaste to Tobacco, London, 1604 Literature is a Republic that admits of no authority but that of Learning, Genius, and Persuasion. The Writer - whether King, Peer, or Commoner - is judged with one judgment. Curiosity, Reverence, or Loyalty may procure for a Work an attentive reception and some present applause: but its perpetuation, its place in the Literature of the country, will depend upon either its intrinsic merits, or on its illustrative power in respect to the age in which it was written. On these latter grounds, the Royal productions here reprinted have been admitted into the Series. The Reulis and Cautelis in Scottis Poesie bring James VI. within the succession of our early Poetical Critics; whose writings - not very numerous, but now excessively scarce - are of great value in the study of English Poetry. For - not to speak of their often preserving snatches of poems now utterly lost - they show us the theories of verification, the canons of Poetic taste and style, prevailing in our country, immediately before the advent of Spenser, Shakespeare, and their fertile contemporaries. These writings were reprinted by Mr. Haslewood in his Ancient Critical Essays, 2 vols. 4 to, 1811-16: a Reprint, of which only 300 copies were printed, (and a portion of that number destroyed by fire), which is now scarce; and which, when met with, usually costs two or three pounds. The original texts being so rare; Mr. Haslewood's Reprint was, until lately, the only means whereby most of us could obtain a knowledge of this important department of our National literature. In pursuance, therefore, of what seemed an imperative duty: these Criticisms in Poesy are being gradually reproduced in this Series. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Author: Professor Edward Arber
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Author: Professor Edward Arber
Page Count: 544 pages
Published Date: 22 Jun 2016
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Publication Country: United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9781331770824
File size: 49 Mb
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Excerpt from The Essayes of a Prentise, in the Divine Art of Poesie, Edinburgh, 1585: A Counterblaste to Tobacco, London, 1604 Literature is a Republic that admits of no authority but that of Learning, Genius, and Persuasion. The Writer - whether King, Peer, or Commoner - is judged with one judgment. Curiosity, Reverence, or Loyalty may procure for a Work an attentive reception and some present applause: but its perpetuation, its place in the Literature of the country, will depend upon either its intrinsic merits, or on its illustrative power in respect to the age in which it was written. On these latter grounds, the Royal productions here reprinted have been admitted into the Series. The Reulis and Cautelis in Scottis Poesie bring James VI. within the succession of our early Poetical Critics; whose writings - not very numerous, but now excessively scarce - are of great value in the study of English Poetry. For - not to speak of their often preserving snatches of poems now utterly lost - they show us the theories of verification, the canons of Poetic taste and style, prevailing in our country, immediately before the advent of Spenser, Shakespeare, and their fertile contemporaries. These writings were reprinted by Mr. Haslewood in his Ancient Critical Essays, 2 vols. 4 to, 1811-16: a Reprint, of which only 300 copies were printed, (and a portion of that number destroyed by fire), which is now scarce; and which, when met with, usually costs two or three pounds. The original texts being so rare; Mr. Haslewood's Reprint was, until lately, the only means whereby most of us could obtain a knowledge of this important department of our National literature. In pursuance, therefore, of what seemed an imperative duty: these Criticisms in Poesy are being gradually reproduced in this Series. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Read online The Essayes of a Prentise, in the Divine Art of Poesie, Edinburgh, 1585 : A Counterblaste to Tobacco, London, 1604 (Classic Reprint) Buy and read online The Essayes of a Prentise, in the Divine Art of Poesie, Edinburgh, 1585 : A Counterblaste to Tobacco, London, 1604 (Classic Reprint) Download The Essayes of a Prentise, in the Divine Art of Poesie, Edinburgh, 1585 : A Counterblaste to Tobacco, London, 1604 (Classic Reprint) for pc, mac, kindle, readers Download to iPad/iPhone/iOS, B&N nook The Essayes of a Prentise, in the Divine Art of Poesie, Edinburgh, 1585 : A Counterblaste to Tobacco, London, 1604 (Classic Reprint)