Unit+3-+Renaissance+&+Neo-Classical+Criticism

1-He holds that art embodies truth. 2-He declares that poetry excels all literary genres. 3-He mocks genres like tragicomedy.
 * Sir P. Sidney is considered the first great English critic and poet.
 * Wrote //An Apology for Poetry// which formulates Renaissance literary theories and is considered the first influential piece of literary criticism during that era.
 * Sidney borrowed from many ancient literary critics and theorists like Plato, Aristotle, and Horace.
 * From Aristotle, Sidney borrowed the idea that literature is an imitation that has value. Like Aristotle, Sidney considers literature (poetry) more important than history, law and philosophy.
 * From Horace, he borrowed the idea that poetry's function is to "teach and delight".
 * Sidney's addition to literary criticism: