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Sidney, Sir Philip - 1554–86, English author and courtier. He was one of the leading members of Queen Elizabeth's court and a model of Renaissance chivalry. He served in several diplomatic missions on the Continent and in 1586 was fatally wounded at the battle of Zutphen. Sidney exerted a strong influence on English poetry as patron, critic, and example. His literary efforts circulated


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    Sir Philip Sidney » Read Now

    by Katherine Duncan-Jones, Philip Sidney. 422 pgs.

    Collections: Literature, Entire Library
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    The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia (The Old Arcadia) » Read Now

    by Philip Sidney, Katherine Philip Duncan-Jones. 399 pgs.

    Collections: Literature, Entire Library
    Sidney was in his early twenties when he wrote his 'Old' Arcadia for the amusement of his younger sister, the Countess of Pembroke. A romantic story in the manner of Shakespeare's early comedies, the 'Old' Arcadia also includes over 70 poems in a variety of meters and genres. This edition contains a Glossary and an Index of First Lines.
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    Astrophel & Stella » Read Now

    by Philip Sidney, Mona Wilson. 202 pgs.

    Collections: Literature, Entire Library
    ...ASTROPHEL STELLA by SIR PHILIP SIDNEY EDITED BY MONA WILSON The Nonesuch...was something princely about Philip Sidneys boyhood and youth. The son of...before it could...
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    The Text of Sidney's Arcadian World (literary criticism) » Read Now

    by Michael A. McCanles. 226 pgs.

    Collections: Literature, Entire Library
    ...Michael McCanles. p. cm. Bibliography: p. Includes index. ISBN 0-8223-0797-9 1. Sidney, Philip, Sir, 1554-1586. Arcadia. 2. Sidney, Philip, Sir, 1554-1586 -- Style. 3...
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    A Defence of Poesie and Poems » Read Now

    by Philip Sidney. 194 pgs.

    Collections: Literature, Entire Library
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    Sir Philip Sidney, Representative Elizabethan: His Life and Writings » Read Now

    by Frederick S. Boas. 204 pgs.

    Collections: Literature, Entire Library
    ...SIR PHILIP SIDNEY REPRESENTATIVE ELIZABETHAN HIS LIFE AND WRITINGS SIR PHILIP SIDNEY 1554-1586 Artist unknown Reproduction...of the National Portrait Gallery Sir Philip...
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    Immortal Sidney » Read Now

    by Emma Marshall Denkinger. 317 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...ILLUSTRATIONS. Philip Sidney from the Miniature at Windsor...so-called Zucchero Portrait of Philip Sidney. P. 58 Michael...The Apollo Portrait of Sir Philip Sidney. "That...
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    Fair Ladies: Sir Philip Sydney's Female Characters » Read Now

    by Katherine J. Roberts. 132 pgs.

    Collections: Literature, Entire Library
    ...Roberts Fair Ladies Sir Philip Sidneys Female Characters PETER LANG...Katherine J. Fair ladies: Sir Philip Sidneys female characters / Katherine...bibliographical...
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    Proportional Form in the Sonnets of the Sidney Circle: Loving in Truth (Chap. 1 "Philip Sidney and Proportional Form: Astrophil and Stella, Certaine Sonets, and Bruno's De Gli Eroici Furori") » Read Now

    by Tom W. N. Parker. 266 pgs.

    Collections: Literature, Entire Library
    The structure of Philip Sidney's Astrophil and Stella is governed by a distinctive and complex set of proportions, found also in the sonnet sequences of Fulke Greville and Robert Sidney written under its influence. For all these works to be ordered around the same set of proportions indicates a...
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    Relational Antifeminism in Sidney's Arcadia, in Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900 » Read Now

    by Beatrice Bi-Qi Lei. 24 pgs.

    ...BI-QI BEATRICE LEI Sir Philip Sidney is often considered a profeminist...dissertation, "Mimesis of Love: Sir Philip Sidneys Arcadia." NOTES (1.) Katherine...literary...
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    All My Deed but Copying Is: The Erotics of Identity in Astrophil and Stella, in Texas Studies in Literature and Language » Read Now

    by Elizabeth M. Hull. 16 pgs.

    Collections: Literature, Entire Library
    ...biography, the identification of Philip Sidney and Astrophil remains strong...Devereux who was nearly married to Philip Sidney in 1582, but preferred instead...Katherine...
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    "A Pleasant and Terrible Reverence": Maintenance of Majesty in Sidney's 'New Arcadia,' in Philological Quarterly » Read Now

    by James Biester. 24 pgs.

    Collections: Entire Library
    ...Francis, duke of Alencon--Sir Philip Sidney addresses the queen routinely...In Miscellaneous Prose of Sir Philip Sidney, ed. Katherine Duncan-Jones and...16) Fulke...
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    Castigating Livy: The Rape of Lucretia and 'The Old Arcadia,' in Renaissance Quarterly » Read Now

    by Debora Shuger. 23 pgs.

    ...the fall of 1576 and early 1577, Philip Sidney and Gabriel Harvey worked through...6. Duncan-Jones, Kathrine. Sir Philip Sidney: Courtier Poet. New Haven, 1991...Articles...
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    Poets, Patrons, and Professors: Sir Philip Sidney, Daniel Rogers, and the Leiden Humanists » Read Now

    by J. A. Van Dorsten. 232 pgs.

    Collections: Literature, Entire Library
    ...Patrons, and Professors SIR PHILIP SIDNEY, DANIEL ROGERS, AND THE LEIDEN...PART II. SIR PHILIP SIDNEY I. LEIDEN VISITS ENGLAND...117 PLATE 8. Sir Philip Sidney, the hero...
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    Sir Philip Sidney: Type of English Chivalry in the Elizabethan Age (1891) » Read Now

    by H. R. Fox Bourne. 384 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...HEROS DEEDS AND HARD-WON FAME SHALL LIVE. SIR PHILIP SIDNEY SIR PHILIP SIDNEY. FROM AN ENGRAVING, BY H. ROBINSON, OF ZUCCHEROS PORTRAIT AT PENSHURST. SIR PHILIP SIDNEY TYPE...

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