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The Art of Poetry and the Art of Memory: Philip Sidneyâs Mnemonic Poetics
This article explores the significance of the art of memory as a mnemonic poetics in Philip Sidneyâs literary theory and practice. The art of memory is more than an ancient mnemonic method, I argue; rather, it constitutes a poetics that evolves from Plato to Petrarch as part of an interdisciplinary dialogue and debate about how the past is remembered (particularly through love stories) and remade in the present. This tradition of mnemonic poetics is central to Sidneyâs portrayal of the art of poetry as an art of memory in his Apology for Poetry, a tradition that Sidney remembers anew in his sonnet sequence, Astrophil and Stella. Sidney constructs his poem as a memory theatre in which he demonstrates and indeed dramatizes the art of memory indirectly and ironically: through a poetic persona, Astrophil, who longs for an âart of forgettingâ in his pursuit of originality.Cet article sâintĂ©resse Ă lâart de la mĂ©moire comme une poĂ©tique mnĂ©monique dans la thĂ©orie et la pratique littĂ©raires de Philip Sidney. Nous avançons que, plus quâune mĂ©thode mnĂ©monique ancienne, lâart de la mĂ©moire constitue une poĂ©tique qui Ă©volue de Platon Ă PĂ©trarque au sein dâun dialogue et dâun dĂ©bat interdisciplinaires sur la maniĂšre dont le passĂ© est remĂ©morĂ© (notamment Ă travers les histoires dâamour) et rĂ©activĂ© dans le prĂ©sent. Cette tradition dâune poĂ©tique mnĂ©monique est centrale dans la reprĂ©sentation de lâart poĂ©tique comme art de la mĂ©moire dans lâApology for Poetry, tradition que Sidney fait renaĂźtre dans les sonnets dâAstrophil and Stella. Sidney construit son poĂšme comme un thĂ©Ăątre de la mĂ©moire dans lequel il reprĂ©sente et met en scĂšne lâart de la mĂ©moire de façon indirecte et ironique, soit Ă travers une persona poĂ©tique, Astrophil, qui aspire Ă un « art de lâoubli » dans sa quĂȘte dâoriginalitĂ©
The Art of Poetry and the Art of Memory: Philip Sidneyâs Mnemonic Poetics
This article explores the significance of the art of memory as a mnemonic poetics in Philip Sidneyâs literary theory and practice. The art of memory is more than an ancient mnemonic method, I argue; rather, it constitutes a poetics that evolves from Plato to Petrarch as part of an interdisciplinary dialogue and debate about how the past is remembered (particularly through love stories) and remade in the present. This tradition of mnemonic poetics is central to Sidneyâs portrayal of the art of poetry as an art of memory in his Apology for Poetry, a tradition that Sidney remembers anew in his sonnet sequence, Astrophil and Stella. Sidney constructs his poem as a memory theatre in which he demonstrates and indeed dramatizes the art of memory indirectly and ironically: through a poetic persona, Astrophil, who longs for an âart of forgettingâ in his pursuit of originality.Cet article sâintĂ©resse Ă lâart de la mĂ©moire comme une poĂ©tique mnĂ©monique dans la thĂ©orie et la pratique littĂ©raires de Philip Sidney. Nous avançons que, plus quâune mĂ©thode mnĂ©monique ancienne, lâart de la mĂ©moire constitue une poĂ©tique qui Ă©volue de Platon Ă PĂ©trarque au sein dâun dialogue et dâun dĂ©bat interdisciplinaires sur la maniĂšre dont le passĂ© est remĂ©morĂ© (notamment Ă travers les histoires dâamour) et rĂ©activĂ© dans le prĂ©sent. Cette tradition dâune poĂ©tique mnĂ©monique est centrale dans la reprĂ©sentation de lâart poĂ©tique comme art de la mĂ©moire dans lâApology for Poetry, tradition que Sidney fait renaĂźtre dans les sonnets dâAstrophil and Stella. Sidney construit son poĂšme comme un thĂ©Ăątre de la mĂ©moire dans lequel il reprĂ©sente et met en scĂšne lâart de la mĂ©moire de façon indirecte et ironique, soit Ă travers une persona poĂ©tique, Astrophil, qui aspire Ă un « art de lâoubli » dans sa quĂȘte dâoriginalitĂ©