George Puttenham (1529–1590) was a 16th-century English writer, literary critic, and notorious rake. He is generally considered to be the author of the enormously influential handbook on poetry and rhetoric, The Arte of English Poesie (1589).
Read more about George Puttenham: Family and Early Life, Domestic Disputes and Later Legal Troubles, Authorship of The Arte of English Poesie, The Arte of English Poesie, Influence of The Arte of English Poesie
Famous quotes containing the word george:
“Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them.”
—17th century English proverb, collected in George Herbert, Outlandish Proverbs (1640)
Related Phrases
Related Words