A Defence of Poetry

by Sidney, Sir Philip; van Dorsten, J. A.

• ISBN13: 9780199110223
• ISBN10: 0199110220
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1971-12-15
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

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 good and true. This seems a fitting argument for this prominent experimental poet who himself is said to have represented 'life and action good and great'.

Table of Contents

SIDNEY, LIFE AND WORKS--A CHRONOLOGICAL OUTLINE	6	(3)
INTRODUCTION	9	(5)
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY	14	(1)
A DEFENCE OF POETRY--THE ARGUMENT	15	(2)
A DEFENCE OF POETRY	17	(60)
NOTES	77	(31)
INDEX OF NAMES	108