Erasmus on literature. his ratio or 'system' of 1518/1519, paperback/***

Written more than half a century before Sir Philip Sidneys well-known Apology for Poetry, Erasmus Ratio or System is an almost lost masterpiece of Renaissance literary theory and interpretive practice, now available for the first time in English in a convenient student edition.

Illustrations: 4 b&w illustrations; 4 Illustrations, unspecified Editor(s): Mark Vessey.