Contents
	Preface								1
	Introduction							10
1	The History of Creativity					33
2	Sidney's Fiction and the Allegorical Tradition			58
3	The Idea of Poetry						85
4	The Imitation of Creation					123
5	From Creation to Regeneration					162
6	The Imitation of Cyrus						200
7	Creativity and the Origins of Modernity				227
	Appendix: The Text						269
	Bibliography							276




Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Sidney, Philip, Sir, 1554-1586 Aesthetics, Sidney, Philip, Sir, 1554-1586,  Apologie for poetrie, Creation (Literary, artistic, etc, )Poetics History 16th century, Aesthetics, Modern 16th century, Aesthetics, British, Poetry