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9780199110223
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. This seems a fitting argument for this prominent experimental poet who himself is said to have represented 'life and action good and great'.Sidney, Philip is the author of 'Sidney A Defense of Poetry', published 1971 under ISBN 9780199110223 and ISBN 0199110220.
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