A Defence of Poetry

Philip Sidney, Jan Adrianus van Dorsten

Paperback (16 Sep 1971)

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Publisher's Synopsis

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'.

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Book information

ISBN:	9780199110223
Publisher:	OUP Oxford
Imprint:	Oxford University Press
Pub date:	16 Sep 1971
DEWEY:	808.1
DEWEY edition:	18
Language:	English
Number of pages:	112
Weight:	117g
Height:	185mm
Width:	125mm
Spine width:	7mm