Plato  Ion, Republic, Cratylus

 

Aristotle  Poetics

 

Horace  Art of Poetry

 

Aquinas  Nature & Domain of Sacred Doctrine

 

Dante  The Banquet, Letter to Con Grande Della Scala

 

Sidney  An Apology for Poetry

 

Bacon  Advancement of Learning

 

Hobbes  Answer to Davenport’s Preface to “Gondibert”

 

Pope  Essay on Criticism