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Sir Phillip Sidney
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Sir Philip (1554-1586), English poet, courtier, and soldier, who in life was a model of the ideal Renaissance gentleman, and whose devotion to poetry served as an inspiration for the future of English verse. Sidney was born in Penshurst, Kent, and was educated at Christ Church College, Oxford. A favorite of Elizabeth I, he was sent on several diplomatic missions. He retired from court for a time after incurring the queen's displeasure. Sidney produces his masterpiece when he was 22years old; but none of Sidney's works was published during his lifetime. The best known are Astrophel and Stella, Arcadia, The Defense of posy and An Apologie for Poetrie. It was written 1580. “it means explaining and understanding the nature of poetry rather than excuse”. It was a prose essay that described the nature of poetry and defended it against Puritan objections to imaginative literature. Sidney tries to elaborate on the idea by Horace. “Poetry is not an art of imitation” Horace also emphasizes on the practical side rather than the theoretical one which Sidney emphasized on. Sidney breaks with Plato who excluded poets from his Republic. Sidney tries to get what suits him from every critic and philosopher. He takes some ideas from them and sometimes he gives his own opinion and most of his ideas are derived from Plato, Aristotle and Horace.
He was not quite happy about the views of critics about the nature of poetry. He gives his opinion about drama although he was not a playwright. He things that poetry is a matter of imitation and aims to teach and delight. The effective style is given by Sidney in order to impress the reader and in which he is responding the view of other critics. Sidney’s ideas are substantial. He views that the aim of poetry is “imitation” and to give pleasure and delight as Horace’s view. Philosophy, in Sidney’s view, deals with abstract ideas and poetry looks more dignified.
The significant of the poet
The poet collects and gives a new methodology appealing to the reader.
Sidney advices poets to take their own methodology in writing.
In Sidney’s view, the poet has a function to delight, to please and to instruct, unlike Plato who excluded poets from his Republic and he selected a group of people “the Guardians” to protect this ideal city. Their main concerns are about religion, morality and virtue.
Poetry, in Sidney’s view, makes readers converse with people.
Sidney aims at attracting the mind of people of different ages and different times.
He tries to justify why Plato excluded poets from his Republic.
Unlike Plato, Sidney believes that the writer should imitate and follow the ancient.
In the field of drama, he thinks the writer write neither pure tragedy nor pure comedy.
He expresses his admiration of the style given by the writers.
He emphasizes on the practical side.[/align]
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