> In the 17th century you see the beginnings of that distinction. Bacon
> talks about it, as does Sidney in the Defense of Poesy.
I'd be interested to see chapter and verse on this. I like Sidney a lot, and loathe Bacon, but I've read more than I like of the latter, and everything there is of the former, and I don't remember either of them ever sounding like CP Snow.
Could be wrong, of course -- it's been a while.