jan 1, 1595 - The Defence of Poesy

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The Defence of Poesie, literary criticism by Sir Philip Sidney, written about 1582 and published posthumously in 1595. Another edition of the work, published the same year, is titled An Apologie for Poetrie. Considered the finest work of Elizabethan literary criticism, Sidney’s elegant essay suggests that literature is a better teacher than history or philosophy, and it masterfully refutes Plato’s infamous decision to ban poets from the state in his Republic.

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