Castelvetro
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And I can’t help but think that if Giacomo Castelvetro and John Evelyn — those early defenders of salad purity — were handed a bowl of this, still cold from the fridge, they might pause.
From Salon • Apr. 27, 2025
Ludovico Castelvetro, La Poetica d'Aristotele vulgarizzata et sposta, 1570.
From The Preface to Aristotle's Art of Poetry by Monk, Samuel Holt
Castelvetro thinks this mode of distinction not only untrue, but even inconsistent with what Aristotle says later of tragedy.
From A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism by Spingarn, Joel Elias
In a similar manner Castelvetro applies the law of the unities to epic poetry.
From A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism by Spingarn, Joel Elias
Like Castelvetro and Sidney, he considers the vehicle of verse not essential to poetry, which, as a product of the imagination, he considers to be occupied with fiction.
From Rhetoric and Poetry in the Renaissance A Study of Rhetorical Terms in English Renaissance Literary Criticism by Clark, Donald Lemen
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