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Sir Philip Sydney (1554- 1586)
Sydney is the first great English critic and poet. He lives in what is called the Renaissance Age. His work "An Apology for Poetry" has great influence on the Renaissance Age.

- He borrows many theories and ideas of different critics before him; such as Plato, Aristotle and Horace, and borrowed, also, some ideas from Italian critics of his time:

- He follows Aristotle in many things; such as:
1- Poetry is an imitation.
2- He values poetry over history, law and philosophy.
3- He believes in the three unities, time, action and place.

- Also, He believes that poetry is for delight and teaching, like Horace

- But he is different from other in that he believes that poetry embodies truth.

- In his letter, he defends poetry and attacks people who think poetry is mindless and useless.

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