A Defence of Poetry

by Philip Sidney and Albert Stanburrough Cook

Book Overview

Often seen as a key to understanding Elizabethan poetry, Sidney's persuasive treatise follows the rules of rhetoric in presenting evidence of the virtues of poetry. Sidney argues with wit and irony that poetry is the art which best teaches what is good and true.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199110220
• ISBN13: 9780199110223
• Release Date: December 1971
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 4.9" x 7.4"