Reviews

An Apology for Poetry: Or The Defence of Poesy by Robert W. Maslen, Philip Sidney

bluelilyblue's review against another edition

2.0

I'll admit that some valuable points have been made amid all this incohesive mish-mash of ideas, but God I just wished Philip Sidney would shut up..... Imagine getting this much clout for ripping off Aristotle's Poetics lmao

cherrybipie's review against another edition

challenging slow-paced

2.0

diorstoyevsky's review against another edition

1.0

this could've been an email.

danicapage's review against another edition

3.0

Another book I had to read for college. It was really dense, but enlightening.

rjeilani's review against another edition

1.0

I love racist, superfluous essays

ben_smitty's review against another edition

2.0

Minor great thoughts hidden within paragraphs of incomprehensible clutter :D

laura_reads_stuff's review against another edition

1.0

I agree that we should value poetry... But I did not enjoy the way this was written...

fjcookie's review against another edition

challenging slow-paced

0.5

ella_horn's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

daisyb's review against another edition

funny medium-paced

3.0

It picks up towards the end, and he's right about French poetry being limp.