“An Apology of Poetry” by Philip Sidney Interpreted through the Claim That Literature Never Lies as Applied to Geoffrey Chaucer’s Opus Cover Image

„Одбрана поезије“ Филипа Сиднија кроз тврдњу да књижевност никада не лаже на примеру Џефрија Чосера
“An Apology of Poetry” by Philip Sidney Interpreted through the Claim That Literature Never Lies as Applied to Geoffrey Chaucer’s Opus

Author(s): Marija V. Lojanica
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Comparative Study of Literature, Other Language Literature, Philology, Theory of Literature
Published by: Универзитет у Крагујевцу
Keywords: poetry;apology;truth;Philip Sidney;Geoffrey Chaucer

Summary/Abstract: The distinguished style of Philip Sidney’s sentences in his essay “An Apology of Poetry” was achieved by the means of alliteration, emphasis an atypical word order which inevitably draws the reader’s attention and attributes to positive reception of the hypotheses which were put forth in the essay. Moreover, Sidney logically introduced the arguments, which resulted in the exceptional coherence of the essay’s structure. However, the crux of his “An Apology of Poetry” as well as the pinnacle of his theoretical thought appears to be Sydney’s effort to defend the poetry from the claim that it is “the mother of all lies”. The paper attempts to offer an interpretation of Geoffrey Chaucer’s opus, the emphasis being on The Canterbury Tales, through the aforementioned Sidney’s understanding of poetry.

  • Issue Year: XIII/2012
  • Issue No: 47
  • Page Range: 111-117
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Serbian