A Study On Philip Sidney's "the Defence Of Poesie"

The studies about western aesthetics mainly focus on the celebrities, so Philip Sidney, who live in The Renaissance, is usually ignored by persons. The paper clarified aesthetic theories of Sidney's "The Defence of Poesie", and tried to reveal its deep significance. Renaissance is an important times, everything reformed, including the economy, the polity, the religion and the culture. "The Defence of Poesies" explains Philip Sidney's opinions in that times.Firstly, he defended poesies, by the creativeness discussing a poem's , by creating the attack coming to move person going to yearn for that disgusting behavior , the forceful field have refuted the religion ascetic to the poem brilliant image. Sidney is acute have grasped the literary works essential features creativeness, have grasped characters and produce method of poesy—fiction. He combined the ideals about Platonic aesthetics spirit and Aristotle's creation, and found out "the theory of model". Sidney accordingly has criticized English poesy current situation, and brought up his art ideal about rebuilding English poesy------back to the classicism.