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100 1 _aSidney, Philip,
_d1554-1586
245 1 2 _aA Defence of Poesie and Poems
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c1999
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aWikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Apology_for_Poetry
500 _aRelease date is 1999-11-01
508 _aTranscribed from the 1891 Cassell & Company edition by David Price
520 _a"A Defence of Poesie and Poems" by Philip Sidney is a work of literary criticism written around 1580 and published in 1595. Sidney argues that poetry surpasses both history and philosophy in inspiring readers toward virtue by combining historical liveliness with ethical purpose. Responding to attacks on poetry, including Stephen Gosson's critique of the English stage, Sidney defends poetry's noble place in society through its power to teach and delight. This groundbreaking essay became England's first philosophical defense of imaginative literature during the Renaissance. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aPoetry -- Early works to 1800
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1962
999 _c44072
_d44072