The Arte of English Poesie Contrived into Three Books; the First of Poets and Poesie, the Second of Proportion, the Third of Ornament.

Author/Editor
Puttenham, George.

Title
The Arte of English Poesie Contrived into Three Books; the First of Poets and Poesie, the Second of Proportion, the Third of Ornament.

Published
Puttenham, George. The Arte of English Poesie Contrived into Three Books; the First of Poets and Poesie, the Second of Proportion, the Third of Ornament. London: Richard Field, Printer, 1589, p. 48.

Review
Gower and Chaucer "were of the first age" of English poets (i.e., those writing in the English tongue) and are supposed by Puttenham to have been knights. [RFY1981]

Date
1589

Gower Subjects
Influence and Later Allusion
Biography of Gower