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en-wikipedia-org-2303		An Apology for Poetry - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	2822	286	66	An Apology for Poetry (or The Defence of Poesy) is a work of literary criticism by Elizabethan poet Philip Sidney. Philip Sidney's influence can be seen throughout the subsequent history of English literary criticism. In 1858, William Stigant, a Cambridge-educated translator, poet and essayist, writes in his essay "Sir Philip Sidney"[1] that Shelley's "beautifully written Defence of Poetry is a work which "analyses the very inner essence of poetry and the reason of its existence,—its development from, and operation on, the mind of man". An Apology for Poetry is one of the most important contributions to literary theory written in English during the Renaissance. In an era of antipathy to poetry and puritanical belief in the corruption engendered by literature, Sidney's defense was a significant contribution to the genre of literary criticism. Sidney writes An Apology for Poetry in the form of a judicial oration for the defense, and thus it is like a trial in structure.	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-2303.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-2303.txt