An Apologie for Poetrie
Author | : Philip Sidney |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 72 |
Release | : 1868 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Philip Sidney |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 72 |
Release | : 1868 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Philip Sidney |
Publisher | : Good Press |
Total Pages | : 103 |
Release | : 2019-11-20 |
Genre | : Poetry |
ISBN | : |
'An Apology for Poetry', also known as 'A Defence of Poesie and Poems' by Philip Sidney is a significant work of literary criticism that defends the value of poetry. Composed in the late 16th century, Sidney wrote in response to criticism of poetry by figures such as Plato and Stephen Gosson. In the essay, Sidney argues that poetry can combine the liveliness of history with the ethical focus of philosophy, and thus has the power to inspire readers towards virtue. The book includes insights into the work of Edmund Spenser and the Elizabethan stage, and defines the three general kinds of poetry: religious, philosophical, and imaginative, the latter being the most esteemed. Sidney's work continues to be an essential read for anyone interested in the history and significance of poetry.
Author | : Percy Bysshe Shelley |
Publisher | : MacMillan Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 124 |
Release | : 1965 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : |
Author | : John Gibson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 273 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0199603677 |
In recent years philosophers have produced important books on nearly all the major arts: the novel and painting, music and theatre, dance and architecture, conceptual art and even gardening. Poetry is the sole exception. This is an astonishing omission, one this collection of original essays will correct. If contemporary philosophy still regards metaphors such as 'Juliet is the sun' as a serious problem, one has an acute sense of how prepared it is to make philosophical and aesthetic sense of poems such W. B. Yeats's 'The Second Coming', Sylvia Plath's 'Daddy', or Paul Celan's 'Todesfuge'. The Philosophy of Poetry brings together philosophers of art, language, and mind to expose and address the array of problems poetry raises for philosophy. In doing so it lays the foundation for a proper philosophy of poetry, setting out the various puzzles and paradoxes that future work in the field will have to address. Given its breadth of approach, the volume is relevant not only to aesthetics but to all areas of philosophy concerned with meaning, truth, and the communicative and expressive powers of language more generally. Poetry is the last unexplored frontier in contemporary analytic aesthetics, and this volume offers a powerful demonstration of how central poetry should be to philosophy.
Author | : Sir Philip Sidney |
Publisher | : Everyman's Classic Library in Paperback |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : English literature |
ISBN | : 9780460876599 |
This collection of works by Sir Philip Sidney includes Defence of Poesie, the most entertaining and penetrating critical essay of the period. Sidney's extraordinary originality, and the impetus given by his writing to those who followed him, make his poetry of lasting value.
Author | : Gavin Alexander |
Publisher | : Penguin UK |
Total Pages | : 684 |
Release | : 2004-02-26 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0141936959 |
Controversy raged through England during the 1570-80s as Puritans denounced all manner of games & pastimes as a danger to public morals. Writers quickly turrned their attention to their own art and the first & most influential response came with Philip Sidney's Defense. Here he set out to answer contemporary critics &, with reference to Classical models of criticism, formulated a manifesto for English literature. Also includes George Puttenham's Art of English Poesy, Samuel Daniel's Defence of Rhyme, & passages by writers such as Ben Jonson, Francis Bacon & George Gascoigne.