Liam Haydon

An Analysis of Sir Philip Sidney's The Defence of Poesy

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Defence of Poesy is the first major piece of literary criticism in English. Taking aim at classical authors who disparaged poetry, and contemporary critics who saw literature as a corrupting influence, Sidney foregrounds the moral force of poetry.

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Produktdetails

• The Macat Library
• Verlag: Macat International Limited
• Seitenzahl: 98
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 129mm x 6mm
• Gewicht: 122g
• ISBN-13: 9781912453139
• ISBN-10: 1912453134
• Artikelnr.: 52377921

Autorenporträt

Liam Haydon was educated at Queen's University Belfast and the University of Manchester, where he wrote a PhD on Milton's Paradise Lost. He is currently a postdoctoral scholar at the Centre for the Political Economies of International Commerce at the University of Kent. His work focuses on the cultural history of the seventeenth century, exploring connections between the corporation, economic ideology, and literature.

Inhaltsangabe

Ways in to the Text Who was Philip Sidney? What does Defence of Poesy Say?
Why does Defence of Poesy Matter? Section 1: Influences Module 1: The
Author and the Historical Context Module 2: Academic Context Module 3: The
Problem Module 4: The Author's Contribution Section 2: Ideas Module 5: Main
Ideas Module 6: Secondary Ideas Module 7: Achievement Module 8: Place in
the Author's Work Section 3: Impact Module 9: The First Responses Module
10: The Evolving Debate Module 11: Impact and Influence Today Module 12:
Where Next? Glossary of Terms People Mentioned in the Text Works Cited