Musophilus

Musophilus is a long poem by Samuel Daniel, first published in 1599 in his Poetical Essays.[1]

Among Daniel's most characteristic works, it is a dialogue between a courtier and a man of letters, and is a general defence of learning, and in particular of poetic learning as an instrument in the education of the perfect courtier or man of action.[2][3] It is addressed to Fulke Greville, and written, with much sententious melody, in a sort of terza rima, or, more properly, ottava rima with the couplet omitted.[4]

References
  1. Daniel, Samuel (1599). The Poetical Essays of Samuel Daniel. London: Simon Waterson.
  2. Hiller, Geoffrey G.; Groves, Peter L. (1998). Samuel Daniel: Selected Poetry and a Defense of Rhyme. Asheville, NC: Pegasus Press. pp. 109–111. ISBN 978-1889818047. OCLC 39116681.
  3. Pitcher, John (2017). "Samuel Daniel: New and Future Research". Oxford Handbooks Online. Oxford University Press. pp. 6–7. doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199935338.013.88. ISBN 978-0-19-993533-8.
    • Himelick, Raymond, ed. (1965). Samuel Daniel's Musophilus: Containing a General Defense of All Learning. West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Studies. pp. 48–49. OCLC 641204398.
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