An Apology for Poetry Characters

Sir Philip Sidney is the author of “An Apology for Poetry,” as well as its narrator, but the narrator is not necessarily the same as the author. Sidney’s persona in “An Apology for Poetry” is… read analysis of Sir Philip Sidney

The Poet is at the center of Sidney’s “An Apology for Poetry,” the figure whom Sidney defends against the “poet-haters” of the Elizabethan age. The poet writes imaginative literature, often but not necessarily in… read analysis of The Poet

Edward Wotton is a courtier and friend of Sidney’s who accompanied him on his European tour. He appears in the very beginning of “An Apology for Poetry” as a fellow student of the Italian… read analysis of Edward Wotton

Giovanni Pietro Pugliano is the esquire, or stablemaster, of Maximilian II’s court, and riding instructor to Sidney and Wotton. Sidney praises him not only a master of the technical art of riding, but also… read analysis of Giovanni Pietro Pugliano