On not defending poetry : defence and indefensibility in Sidney's Defence of poesy /

Sidney's Defence of Poesy is generally taken to present a model of poetry as ideal: the poet depicts ideals of human conduct which readers are inspired to imitate. Catherine Bates challenges this view, and shows how idealist poetics is complicit with the money form and its related ills: commodi...

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Main Author:	Bates, Catherine, 1964- (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Subjects:	Sidney, Philip, > 1554-1586 > Criticism and interpretation. Sidney, Philip, > 1554-1586. > Apologie for poetrie. Sidney, Philip, > 1554-1586 Apologie for poetrie (Sidney, Philip) Poetry > History and criticism > Theory, etc. > Early works to 1800. Poésie > Histoire et critique > Théorie, etc. > Ouvrages avant 1800. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Composition & Creative Writing. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Rhetoric. REFERENCE > Writing Skills. Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Early works
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Summary:	Sidney's Defence of Poesy is generally taken to present a model of poetry as ideal: the poet depicts ideals of human conduct which readers are inspired to imitate. Catherine Bates challenges this view, and shows how idealist poetics is complicit with the money form and its related ills: commodification, fetishism, and the abuse of power.
Physical Description:	1 online resource
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	0192512552 9780192512550