Project Gutenberg 2003-12-01 Public domain in the USA. 94 Arber, Edward 1836 1912 Seccombe, Thomas 1866 1923 Collins, John Churton 1848 1908 Collins, J. Churton (John Churton) An English Garner: Critical Essays & Literary Fragments Critical Essays and Literary Fragments Reading ease score: 61.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. I. Extract from Thomas Wilson's Art of rhetoric, 1554 -- II. Sir Philip Sidney's Letter to his brother Robert, 1580 -- III. Extract from Francis Meres's Palladis Tamia, 1598 -- IV. Dryden's Dedicatory epistle to The rival ladies, 1664 -- V. Sir Robert Howard's Preface to Four new plays, 1665 -- VI. Dryden's Essay of dramatic poesy, 1668 -- VII. Extract from Thomas Ellwood's History of himself, describing his relations with Milton, 1713 -- VIII. Bishop Copleston's advice to a young reviewer, 1807 -- IX. The Bickerstaff and Partridge tracts, 1708 -- X. Gay's Present state of wit, 1711 -- XI. Tickell's Life of Addison, 1721 -- XII. Steele's Dedicatory epistle to Congreve, 1722 -- XIII. Extract from Chamberlayne's Angliae notitia, 1669 -- XIV. Eachard's Grounds and occasions of the contempt of the clergy and religion, 1670 -- XV. Bickerstaff's Miseries of the domestic chaplain, 1710 -- XVI. Franklin's Poor Richard improved, 1757. Produced by Charles Aldarondo, Keren Vergon, Beth Trapaga and PG Distributed Proofreaders "An English Garner: Critical Essays & Literary Fragments" by Edward Arber et al. is a scholarly collection of critical essays and literary fragments compiled during the late 19th century. It aims to illustrate the evolution of English literature and the social context of the clergy from the 16th to the early 18th centuries, featuring works from noted literary figures such as Sir Philip Sidney and John Dryden, among others. The opening of this collection introduces the context and significance of the texts included, beginning with a note about the editors' careful curation of the original works. The initial essays focus on significant contributors to English literary criticism, offering modernized excerpts from earlier significant texts that exemplify the interplay between rhetoric and the development of English prose and poetry. Through a chronological arrangement, the collection provides insights into the cultural and historical settings of these writings, emphasizing their importance in shaping the English literary canon and social discourse surrounding the clergy during this period. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en English literature -- History and criticism PR Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: Literature 852314 852234 2024-10-05T05:09:07.873876 2023-10-05T05:54:24.762757 text/html text/html 852307 852227 2024-10-05T05:09:08.268892 2023-10-05T05:54:25.052751 text/html text/html 423259 2024-10-05T05:09:21.507809 application/epub+zip 435511 2024-10-05T05:09:12.345862 application/epub+zip 403103 2024-10-05T05:09:10.878847 application/epub+zip 831391 2024-10-05T05:09:28.344754 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 772068 2024-10-05T05:09:20.441821 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 632492 2022-09-05T08:15:45.124216 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 783770 783696 2024-10-05T05:09:07.158901 2023-10-05T05:54:24.298728 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 785015 2020-12-19T22:46:41 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 306206 2020-12-19T22:46:41 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 785006 2020-12-19T22:46:41 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 306125 2020-12-19T22:46:41 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22721 2024-10-05T05:09:28.501776 application/rdf+xml 24319 2024-10-05T05:09:11.430872 image/jpeg 4868 2024-10-05T05:09:11.154877 image/jpeg 421531 2024-10-05T05:09:08.342893 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia