Dear Peter C. Herman,
Thank you for the forthcoming edition of Sidney's Apology, and
thank you for sharing the good news of its immanent arrival. As
a lifelong fan of the Apology, I am intrigued and delighted--
much like someone who has received a present and can hardly wait
to open it. I am doubly delighted to learn that I can obtain a
complimentary examination copy of your edition. Is there an
e-mail address to which I could send my request?
Gratefully,
Don Hart
>From: "Peter C. Herman" <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Re: : Announcing New Edition of Sidney's Apology & Astrophil
>Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 08:07:33 -0800
>
>Dear All,
>
>I sent this announcement to the Spenser List about a month ago, but not to
>the Sidney List, as I thought it was defunct. Now that two have become one,
>I take the liberty of resending it so that the announcement will reach as
>many Sidneans as possible.
>
>Peter C. Herman
>
>Dear All,
>
>>I am pleased to announce the imminent publication of _Sir Philip Sidney's
>>"Apology for Poetry" and "Astrophil and Stella": Texts and Contexts_. This
>>edition is designed for classroom use. To quote the catalogue copy:
>>
>>This edition presents together Sir Philip Sidney's path-breaking sonnet
>>sequence, Astrophil and Stella, and his response to the many attacks on
>>poetry current in early modern England, the Apology for Poetry. The
>>introduction provides biographical and historical contexts for reading
>>Sidney's works, and to help students explore how the Apology arises from
>>and intervenes in the "Quarrel over Poetry," this volume provides
>>substantial excerpts from such texts as Plato's Republic, Scaliger's
>>Poetics, Gosson's The School of Abuse, and Richard Willes's A Disputation
>>Concerning Poetry (the first extended discussion of poetry published in
>>England). This edition also includes excerpts from Sidney's letters to his
>>brother, Robert, and his friend, Sir Edward Denny. All the texts are newly
>>edited, annotated, and modernized
>>
>>The table of contents is reproduced below. For further information or for
>>a complimentary examination copy, please contact College Publishing 12309
>>Lynwood Drive Glen Allen, VA 23059 USA. (804) 364-8410 Fax: (804)
>>364-8408.
>>
>>I hope the members of this list will find this a useful edition.
>>
>>Peter C. Herman
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Sir Philip Sidney's "Apology for Poetry and "Astrophil and Stella": Texts
>>and Contexts
>>Edited by Peter C. Herman
>>San Diego State University
>>
>>Introduction
>>
>>1. An Apology for Poetry
>>2. Astrophil and Stella
>>3. From Sidney's Letter to Edward Denny and From Sidney's Letter to
>>Robert Sidney
>>4. The Quarrel Over Poetry: Selected Attacks and Defenses
>>i. Plato, from the Republic and the Laws
>>ii. Boccaccio, from Genealogy of the Gentile Gods, Book 14
>>iii. Juan Luis Vives, from Truth Dressed Up, or of Poetic License: To
>>What Extent Poets May Be Permitted to Vary from the Truth
>>iv. Sir Thomas Elyot, from The Defense of Good Women
>>v. Julius Caesar Scaliger, from Poetics
>>vi. Richard Willes, from A Disputation Concerning Poetry
>>vii. Theodore Beza, "A Sportful Comparison between Poets and Papists,"
>>from Flowers of Epigrams
>>viii. Theodore Beza, from The Sacrifice of Abraham
>>ix. Stephen Gosson, from The School of Abuse
>>x. Edmund Spenser, from Spenser and Gabriel Harvey, Two Other Very
>>Commendable Letters of the Same Men's Writing: Both Touching the Foresaid
>>Artificial Versifying
>>xi. George Puttenham, from The Art of English Poesy
>>
>>5. Suggestions for Further Reading
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