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An Apology for Poetry (or The Defence of Poesy) is a work of literary criticism by Elizabethan poet Philip Sidney. It was written in approximately 1580 and first published in 1595, after his death. It was written in approximately 1580 and first published in 1595, after his death.
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Pages in category "Works by Philip Sidney" ... out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. An Apology for Poetry;
Writing After Sidney: the literary response to Sir Philip Sidney 1586–1640. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. Allen, M. J. B. et al. Sir Philip Sidney's Achievements. New York: AMS Press, 1990. Craig, D. H. "A Hybrid Growth: Sidney's Theory of Poetry in An Apology for Poetry." Essential Articles for the Study of Sir Philip Sidney. Ed.
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Mary Herbert, Countess of Pembroke (née Sidney, 27 October 1561 – 25 September 1621) was among the first Englishwomen to gain notice for her poetry and her literary patronage. By the age of 39, she was listed with her brother Philip Sidney and with Edmund Spenser and William Shakespeare among the notable authors of the day in John Bodenham ...
The metaphysical poet John Donne wrote to celebrate the Sidney Psalter, "Divine Poems Upon the Translation of the Psalms by Sir Philip Sidney and the Countess of Pembroke, His Sister", claiming that he could "scarce" call the English Church reformed until its psalter had been modelled after the poetic transcriptions of the Philip Sidney and ...
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Sidney may have begun an early draft in the late 1570s, when he was in his twenties. His own comments indicate that his purpose was humble; he asserts that he intended only to entertain his sister, Mary Herbert (Countess of Pembroke from 1577). This version is narrated in chronological order, with sets of poems separating the books from each other.