An Apology for Poetry (1595) by Sir Philip Sidney is a masterfully persuasive critical treatise that argues for poetry's ability to "teach and delight" while also assessing the state of English literature.
An Apology for Poetry (1595) by Sir Philip Sidney is a critical treatise praised for its eloquence, though its ideas were common in the Renaissance. It argues poetry should "teach and delight" and reviews English literature.
| Front | an apology for poetry |
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| Back | critical treatise sir Philip Sidney 1595 two separate editions few of its ideas are original being Renaissance critical commonplace masterpiece of elegant persuasion careful rhetorical structure golden world to teach and delight a digression looks at the state of English literature and find it sadly wanting but honorable exceptions of Chaucer's troilus and Criseyde , Surrey's poems, the mirror of magistrates, Spenser's Shepherd's calender and the play gorboduc |
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