the “enlarging of a conceit” (Leitch 333). It is Sidney who then guards against a falling out with the “poet-whippers” (Leitch 346). Sidney also attends to the rhetorical concept of memory. Poetry, apart from its ability to delight, has an affinity with memory (Leitch 347). Method and style are thus key components of the Apology to overcome the problem of censorship. For this reason, Sidney consciously defends fiction, and he attacks the privilege that is accorded to “fact.” He argues that the poet makes no literal claims of truth, is under no illusions, and thus creates statements that are in a sense “fictional” and as true as any others (Bear 5). What is at stake then is not only the value of poetry in the sense of its utility, but also its place in a world replete with strife, the contingent and the provisional. Editions [reprint] Notes References Acheson, Kathy. "'Outrage your face': Anti-Theatricality and Gender in Early Modern Closet Drama by Women". Early Modern Literary Studies 6.3 (January, 2001): 7.1-16. 21 October 2005. Bear, R.S. "Defence of Poesie: Introduction" in Renascence Editions. 21 October 2005. . Craig, D.H. "A Hybrid Growth: Sidney's Theory of Poetry in An Apology for Poetry". Essential Articles for the Study of Sir Philip Sidney. Ed. Arthur F. Kinney. Hamden: Archon Books, 1986. Davies, Norman. Europe: A History. London: Pimlico, 1997. Frye, Northrop. ‘'Words With Power: Being a Second Study of the Bible and Literature. Toronto: Penguin Books, 1992. Garrett, Martin, ed. Sidney: The Critical Heritage. London: Routledge, 1996. Greville, Fulke. Life of the Renowned Sir Philip Sidney. London, 1652. Griffiths, Matthew. "[http:/?petrarch.petersadlon.com/submissions/Griffiths.html English Court Poets and Petrarchism: Wyatt, Sidney and Spenser". 25 November 2005. Hale, John. The Civilization of Europe in the Renaissance. New York: Atheeum, 1994. Harvey, Elizabeth D. "Sidney, Sir Philip" in The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory & Criticism. 25 November 2005. Jasinski, James. Sourcebook on Rhetoric: Key Concepts in Contemporary Rhetorical Studies. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, 2001. Kimbrough, Robert. Sir Philip Sidney. New York: Twayne Publishers, Inc., 1971. Knauss, Daniel Philip. Love’s Refinement: Metaphysical Expressions of Desire in Philip Sidney and John Donne. Master's thesis submitted to the Faculty of the North Carolina State University. 25 November 2005.. Leitch, Vincent B., ed. The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2001. Lewis, C. S. English Literature in the Sixteenth Century, Excluding Drama.