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