Project Gutenberg 2003-12-01 Public domain in the USA. 284 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 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.) Reading ease score: 61.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en English literature -- History and criticism PR Text Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: British Literature 852301 2025-07-05T03:46:10.041374 text/html 852307 852227 2024-11-05T05:04:32.086062 2023-10-05T05:54:25.052751 text/html text/html 423281 2025-07-05T03:46:21.850255 application/epub+zip 435371 2025-07-05T03:46:13.678341 application/epub+zip 402962 2025-07-05T03:46:12.356337 application/epub+zip 831954 2025-07-05T03:46:27.956333 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 771718 2025-07-05T03:46:20.924312 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 632492 2022-09-05T08:15:45.124216 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 783661 2025-07-05T03:46:09.469334 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 763755 2024-10-28T17:50:53 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18776 2025-07-05T03:46:28.102224 application/rdf+xml 24319 2025-07-05T03:46:12.859300 image/jpeg 4868 2025-07-05T03:46:12.607310 image/jpeg 421578 2025-07-05T03:46:10.108318 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia