The Defense of Poesy, Otherwise Known As An Apology for Poetry
The Defense of Poesy, Otherwise Known As An Apology for Poetry
Sidney, Philip, Sir, 1554-1586
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3611. Nathan, Cf. 25 27 ff. 36 16. Among the beasts, Cf. 18 18. 36 18. Upon an old door, Cf. 48 11-25, and Collier, Hist, Eng, Dram, Poetry, 3. 375 : " The practice of exposing to the eyes of the audience Digitized by Google 102 NOTES. in the opening of a play where the action was laid continued down to the time of Davenant, and it is remarkably proved by the very first piece in which scenery was employed. ... It was not only the custom to exhibit to the eyes of the audience the place of action..., but the title of the play; one of the oldest instances of the kind is to be found in the piece last quoted (i.e. Kyd's Spanish Tragedy) y which was written about 1588." 36 31. John of the StiUy etc. " Fictitious characters made use of by lawyers in actions of ejectment." Cf. \Vheeler*s Noted Names of Fiction, 374. Reverend. Sidney, like Shakespeare, employs the two spell- ings, reverend and reverent. I have normalized to the first. Cf. 57 12, and the variants. 37 9. Wanton sinfulness. Cf. the whole of Gosson's pamphlet.
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