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Sir Philip Sidney (30 November 1554 – 17 October 1586) was an English poet, courtier, scholar and soldier who is remembered as one of the most prominent figures of the Elizabethan age. His works include a sonnet sequence , Astrophel and Stella , a treatise , The Defence of Poesy (also known as The Defence of Poesie or An Apology for Poetrie ...
An Apology for Poetry (or The Defence of Poesy) is a work of literary criticism by Elizabethan poet Philip Sidney. It was written in approximately 1580 and first published in 1595, after his death. It was written in approximately 1580 and first published in 1595, after his death.
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The Shepheardes Calender (originally titled The Shepheardes Calendar, Conteyning twelve Aeglogues proportionable to the Twelve monthes.Entitled to the Noble and Vertuous Gentleman most worthy of all titles both of learning and chevalrie M. Philip Sidney) [1] was Edmund Spenser's first major poetic work, published in 1579.
The Norton Anthology of Theory & Criticism (NATC) is an anthology of literary theory and criticism written in or translated to English that is published by the W. W. Norton & Company, one of several such compendiums. The first edition was published in 2001, with a second edition published in 2010 and a third in 2018.
The Sidney or Sidneian Psalms are a 16th-century paraphrase of the Psalms in English verse, the work of Philip and Mary Sidney, aristocratic siblings who were influential Elizabethan poets. The Psalms were published after Philip's death in 1586 and a copy was presented to Queen Elizabeth I of England in 1599.
The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia, also known simply as the Arcadia, is a long prose pastoral romance by Sir Philip Sidney written towards the end of the 16th century. . Having finished one version of his text, Sidney later significantly expanded and revised his
In a book review for Spenser Studies, the critic Roger Kuin commended editor Alexander's thorough work in making accessible a literary text of ‘incalculable value’ to scholars and students of English Renaissance literature: ‘for anyone working, in any way, with the literature and the literary scene of the sixteenth century’s last two or ...