Philip Sidney and the Poetics of Renaissance Cosmopolitanism

Offering a fresh interpretation of Philip Sidney's Defence of Poesy, Robert E. Stillman's intellectually ambitious study challenges traditional scholarship by identifying the impact of his education by the followers of Philip Melanchthon-the so-called Philippists-on his poetics, piety, and politics. Sidney created the first Renaissance text to argue for poetry's pre-eminence as an autonomous form of knowledge in the public domain, and its consequent power to promote cultural reform.

Author: Robert E. Stillman
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 06/28/2008
Pages: 284
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.27lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.69d
ISBN: 9780754663690

About the Author
Robert E. Stillman is a Professor in the English Department at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA.