Philip Sidney: 13 books

Soldier, spy and poet, Sir Philip Sidney remains an enigmatic figure of the Elizabethan world, whose diverse and inspiring works helped to shape the course of English literature throughout the Renaissance, in spite of his tragic early death. The Delphi Poets Series offers readers the works of literature’s...

2 works of Philip Sidney English poet, courtier and soldier (1554-1586) This ebook presents a collection of 2 works of Philip Sidney. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected. Table of Contents: - A Defence of Poesie and Poems - Astrophel and Stella

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Probably composed in the 1580s, Philip Sidney's Astrophil and Stella is an English sonnet sequence containing 108 sonnets and 11 songs. The name derives from the two Greek words, 'aster' (star) and 'phil' (lover), and the Latin word 'stella' meaning star. Thus Astrophil is the star lover, and Stella...

A Defence of Poesie and Poems Philip Sidney, english poet, courtier and soldier (1554-1586) This ebook presents «A Defence of Poesie and Poems», from Philip Sidney. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. TABLE OF CONTENTS -01- ABOUT THIS BOOK -02- INTRODUCTION -03- AN APOLOGIE FOR POETRIE -04- POEMS -05- FOOTNOTES

Astrophel and Stella Philip Sidney, english poet, courtier and soldier (1554-1586) This ebook presents «Astrophel and Stella», from Philip Sidney. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. TABLE OF CONTENTS -01- ABOUT THIS BOOK -02- ASTROPHEL AND STELLA

Contents: 1. The Defense Of Poesy, by Sir Philip Sidney 2. On Shakespeare and On Bacon, by Ben Jonson 3. Of Agriculture, by Abraham Cowley 4. The Vision Of Mirza and Westminster Abbey, by Joseph Addison 5. The Spectator Club, by Sir Richard Steele 6. Hints Towards An Essay On Conversation, A Treatise...

50 classic poems reflowing in a modern medium. Originally published in black ink on white paper, 16 traditional poets have now been rendered digitally for e-readers. Poetry is the oldest and most flexible art form, and has migrated from performances to papyrus rolls to printed pages. Far from...

Sir Philip Sidney’s The Countess of Pembroke’s Arcadia (1593), well known to Shakespeare, was the most popular piece of original English fiction and poetry for over two hundred years. This restored and modernized text has been specially designed for contemporary readers.

Basilus, a foolish old duke, consults an oracle as he imperiously wishes to know the future, but he is less than pleased with what he learns. To escape the oracle's horrific prophecies about his family and kingdom he withdraws into pastoral retreat with his wife and two daughters. When a pair of wandering...

First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

It was in the time that the earth begins to put on her new aparrel against the approch of her louer, and that the Sun running a most euen course becums an indifferent arbiter betweene the night and the day; when the hopelesse shepheard Strephon was come to the sandes, which lie against the Island of...

Philip Sidney was born at Penshurst, in Kent, on the 29th of November, 1554. His father, Sir Henry Sidney, had married Mary, eldest daughter of John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, and Philip was the eldest of their family of three sons and four daughters. Edmund Spenser and Walter Raleigh were of like...