A Defence of Poetry by Sir Philip Sidney, J.A. Van Dorsten

A Defence of Poetry

Sir Philip Sidney, J.A. Van Dorsten

112 pages 1595

36 editions

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Often seen as a key to understanding Elizabethan poetry, Sidney's persuasive treatise follows the rules of rhetoric in presenting evidence of the virtues of poetry. Sidney argues with wit and irony that poetry is the art which best teaches what is...

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