The Emergence of Poetic Genre Theory in the Sixteenth Century

TitleThe Emergence of Poetic Genre Theory in the Sixteenth Century
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication1998
AuthorsJavitch, Daniel
JournalModern Language Quarterly: A Journal of Literary History
Volume59
Pagination139-169
ISBN Number0026-79291527-1943 (electronic)
Keywords1500-1599, criticism, evolution, Italian literature, of poetry, on genre theory, Peri poietikes, Poetics, relationship to classicism, Renaissance, sources in Aristotle (384-322 B.C.)