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6十六世纪英国文学
Non-fiction 散文
3. Philip Sidney (1554-1586) : 菲利普·锡德尼
Sir Philip Sidney was known during his lifetime as the perfect example of a Renaissance courtier because of his learning, and chivalry. He was also a poet of the first rank in English literature.
当时英国最佳的散文作家，又是仅次于Edmund Spenser的诗人
Works
Among Sidney's major works are:
The Lady of May (《五月夫人》)(1598),
Arcadia(《阿卡迪亚》)(1590),
Astrophel and Stella(《阿斯特罗菲尔和斯特拉》)(1591), a sequence of 108 sonnets and 11 songs,
and The Defence of poesie (《为诗辩护》)(1595), the author gives a succinct definition of poetry and asserts that poetry is a better form of writing than both philosophy and history.
Episode
Poetry Can Do What Philosophy and History Cannot (The Defence of Poesie)
“诗歌高于历史和哲学” (《为诗辩护》)
