About this title: 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 - all the major writing, complemented by letters and elegies - to give the essence of his work and thinking. Born in 1554, Sir Philip Sidney was hailed as the perfect Renaissance patron, soldier, lover, and courtier, but it was only after his untimely death at the age of 31 that his literary accomplishments were truly recognized. This collection ranges more widely through Sidney's works ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 2002-11-28
ISBN-13:9780192840806ISBN:0192840800
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 2002-11-28
ISBN-13:9780192840806ISBN:0192840800
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"This review is really only on Astrophil and Stella; I haven't read the rest of the book and don't know when I might. I don't like reading anything that has been abridged, and so I deliberately avoided the selections in this volume from Sidney's Arcadia, which is his other major work.
Astrophil and Stella is a sonnet sequence dedicated to Sidney's illicit longings for a certain married lady. It is psychologically penetrating, but also a virtuoso experimental work in which Sidney comments on the literary styles of his day. As with Spenser, one gets the feeling reading Sidney that one is watching the modern English language take shape right before one's eyes; one feels its potential."
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