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October 16, 2019 • 17:01 pm 0 points
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What, in sum, is Sidney?s point in the following ?

?Nature never set forth the earth in so rich tapestry as divers poets have done; neither with pleasant rivers, fruitful trees, sweet-smelling flowers, nor what so ever else may make the too-much-loved earth more lovely. Her world is brazen, the poets only deliver a golden.? (Philip Sidney)

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    The Elizabethan poet, Philip Sidney's An Apology for Poetry is in many ways a seminal work of literary criticism. It was written in response to the School of Abuse by Stephen Gosson who made charges on poetry as Poetry is the waste of time, Poetry is mother of lies, it is nurse of abuse and supported that Plato had rightly banished the poets from his ideal world.
    Sidney, though his work proved the superiority of poetry over Philosophy and History. For Sidney, the poet, unlike the other scholars who are constrained within the narrow range of nature, is free as the poet has the power of making something which is superior to nature. Sidney therefore is of the view that "Nature never set forth the earth in so rich tapestry, as diverse poets have done . . . Her world is brazen, the poets only deliver a golden."

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