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A Defence of Poesie and Poems
About this book
This volume pairs Philip Sidney's "A Defence of Poesie," an essay arguing for the value and purpose of poetry, with a selection of his verse. It suits students and readers of Elizabethan literature and early English literary criticism.
Philip Sidney
Sir Philip Sidney was an English poet, courtier, scholar and soldier who is remembered as one of the most prominent figures of the Elizabethan age.
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