Se ma ae) the best work that opened the age of et eas cur a pace RUC nT Tore) eee Ue) Pee eer ere sa ua ea Ceti) The Renaissance * The Renaissance was an era of changes. * Intellectuals doubted values and beliefs from the ancient world and tried to find another way of thinking.Se aCe ee aa har) Sea ey ea og *It is a cradle of civilization Stee a ets Bem ceuck Ciciy eres Mana ese Tag 7] Sidney's arguments in defense of poetry Rea ACR RSet utente UCC late Ae aCe eral The earliest philosophers and historians who were poets. Seiad ORCA alee ae Paha MarPoetry is divine and as well as prophetic he Holy Bible, for praising God and Solomon use verses + The new idea created by poet can withstand the test of time and according to Sidney in essence poetry is divine Mal Ream Sel him eR Conroe (ca Lge wR ol Aa Dol OTR cinco RC cee ond teach ; they provides perfect in disputable Cou) meme elro net} Oa ei pm come eecemnt Sree mA sR UMA lol ele) Nala NL oephilosophy Sean cot ne Ratu a Cae examples of history. Core teat et examples, They don't have the power to implant themselves in our name Cia Beam cc eae Cec oo Cen eee Nat oe cece Rees De a a Ae a Pines aes at aosis best known for his attack on plays, poetry, other arts in The School of Abuse (1579), which evoked in reply a defense from Thomas odge and Sir Philip Sidney's Apology for Poetry. Stephen Gosson makes charges on poetry which Sidney answers. The charges are: 1. Poetry is the waste of time. 2. Poetry is mother of lies. 3. Itis nurse of abuse. 4. Plato had rightly banished the poets from his ideal world.SIDNEYS'’ DEFENSE 1. Poetry is the source of nowledge and a civilizing force. ile Ane eel Nom omen ue mL Blau Tel atad ach numa eam cee a yt tao the power to teach and please and also moves its fe sele Te cM atte K Consol) Sere ee icicat ai tarie aca ease2. A poet does not lie because he never affirms that his fiction is true and can never lie. Data AC aia Nan Tek Sag San am Came) cian uml natty + in poetry lies are not deliberately stated TSC tue cetes] of lying3. Sidney rejects that poetry is the source of abuses. To him, it is people who abuses poetry, not the vice- versa. SRA e kn Ree a eS CRANK IERe aaa) Beisel ae ant teu ie evar erect a + it is the abuse of poetry , not poetry itself that leads to eid4. Sidney views that Plato in his Republic wanted to banish the abuse of poetry not the poets. Boni am Ch am na SCR ne are ee Me + Plato himself drew much genuine knowledge from poetry and was highly poetical in his writings + Plato himself in his work ‘ion’, affirms that poets speak by divine ee)