Philip Sidney, The Defence of Poesy (1595)
Date
1595
Author
Book title
The Defence of Poesie
Publication place
London
Printer
Thomas Creed
Publisher
William Ponsonby
Transcription source
EEBO/TCP
Text type
printed book
Genre
Treatises
Subject area
poetry
Language
headwords: English
other languages: English
other languages: English
Word-group
type: undifferentiated
Word-entry
type: other
sample: ... though we get not so vnmatched a praise as the Etimologie of his names will graunt, yet his verie description which no man will denie, shall not iustly be barred from a principall commendation. Poesie therefore, is an Art of Imitation: for so Aristotle termeth it in the word ..., that is to say, a representing, counterfeiting, or figuring forth to speake Metaphorically. A speaking Picture, with this end to teach and delight.
sample: ... though we get not so vnmatched a praise as the Etimologie of his names will graunt, yet his verie description which no man will denie, shall not iustly be barred from a principall commendation. Poesie therefore, is an Art of Imitation: for so Aristotle termeth it in the word ..., that is to say, a representing, counterfeiting, or figuring forth to speake Metaphorically. A speaking Picture, with this end to teach and delight.
STC
22535
