A concise biography, first published in 1886, of the English poet Sir Philip Sidney (1554-86).
clearly, and, with these, the determination to leave love. Even in the loose order of a miscellany, the rejection of love in the two concluding sonnets is seen to be inevitable. The theme of CS 19, 'If I could think how these my ...
Sir Philip Sidney: 1586 and the Creation of a Legend
This authoritative edition was originally published in the acclaimed Oxford Authors series under the general editorship of Frank Kermode. It brings together a unique combination of Sidney's poetry and prose...
Sir Philip Sidney, whose life was tragically cut short at thirty-one, is now regarded as one of the most important poets of the Elizabethan era. A contemporary of Shakespeare, he...
Making use of a new appreciation of Sidney's proto-novel The Old Arcadia (1580) and a rare 1579 letter newly discovered by this famous Elizabethan courtier, poet and writer, Dr...
Scholarly biography of the young Elizabethan knight emphasizing his political and diplomatic career.