On Not Defending Poetry: Defence and Indefensibility in Sidney's Defence of Poesy by Catherine Bates

On Not Defending Poetry: Defence and Indefensibility in Sidney's Defence of Poesy

Catherine Bates

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nonfiction classics literary challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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Sidney's Defence of Poesy--the foundational text of English poetics--is generally taken to present a model of poetry as ideal: the poet depicts ideals of human conduct and readers are inspired to imitate them. Catherine Bates sets out to challenge...

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