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What is Sidney about?

Sidney defends poetry against four objections raised by Stephen Gosson. The objections are: 1) Poetry is a waste of time, 2) Poetry is the "mother of lies", 3) Poetry is the "nurse of abuse", and 4) Plato rightly banished poets from his ideal world. Sidney argues that poetry teaches and moves people towards morality better than any other form. Poetry is not lying because fiction is not claimed as real. Poetry nurtures morality and harmony, not abuse. Plato wanted to banish violent poetry, not all poets, and

Author

Nisar Ahmed

Language

EN