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- What is Sidney's Assessment of the English Drama of his Time?What is Sidney's assessment of the English Drama of his time? Or How does Sidney criticize the existing English Drama? Or According to Sidney, What are the contemporary qualities and faults of English Drama? Sir[Expand...]
- How Does Sidney Defend Poetry Against the AllegationsHow does Sidney defend poetry against the allegations brought by Gosson? Or, critically comment on the arguments Sidney advances in favor of poetry. Or, what charges are brought against poetry, and how does Sidney defend[Expand...]
- How Does Sidney Establish the Poet's Superiority Over Philosophers and Historians?How does Sidney establish the poet's superiority over Philosophers and Historians? Or How, according to Sidney, is the poet similar to and different from the philosopher? Or How does Sidney establish the superiority of poetry[Expand...]
- Sidney’s View on the Role and Function of PoetryShow how Sidney argues that the function of a poet is to teach and delight. Or, Comment on Sidney’s view on the role and function of poetry. Philip Sidney (1554-1586), in his essay “An Apology[Expand...]
- literary criticism MeanWhat does literary criticism mean? Literary criticism means criticizing a piece of literature for explaining or evaluating it and highlighting its good and bad points. An Apology for Poetry This book was written in late[Expand...]