An Apology For Poetry (Or The Defence Of Poesy)

An Apology For Poetry (Or The Defence Of Poesy)
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Publisher : Manchester University Press
Total Pages : 286
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ISBN-10 : 0719053765
ISBN-13 : 9780719053764
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Download or read book An Apology For Poetry (Or The Defence Of Poesy) written by Philip Sidney and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2002-10-04 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Apology for Poetry (or The Defence of Poesy), by the celebrated soldier-poet Sir Philip Sidney, is the most important work of literary theory published in the Renaissance. Its wit and inventiveness place it among the first great literary productions of the age of Shakespeare. Since 1965 Geoffrey Shepherd's edition of the Apology has been the standard, and this revision of Shepherd's edition, with a new introduction and extensive notes, is designed to introduce Sidney's best-known work to a new generation of readers at the beginning of thetwenty-first century.Unfamiliar words and phrases are glossed, classical and other references explained, and difficult passages analysed in detail. This greatly expanded edition will be of value to all those interested in the Renaissance, from students and teachers at school and university to the inquisitive general reader.


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