Sir Philip Sidney (Oxford Poetry Library) - Softcover
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 was an influential figure at court where his reputation was won largely through his skills as a courtier rather than as a poet, poetry being an activity he indulged himself in privately.
This new selection of Sidney's verse represents the full range of his remarkable poetic gifts, and includes Astrophil and Stella, and The New Arcadia, The Defence of Poesy--his most substantial works--as well as a number of shorter lyrics. Selected and edited by the leading Sidney scholar and biographer Katherine Duncan-Jones, this collection reveals that beneath the often dazzling verbal assurance lurked a vein of profound melancholy.
This new selection of Sidney's verse represents the full range of his remarkable poetic gifts, and includes Astrophil and Stella, and The New Arcadia, The Defence of Poesy--his most substantial works--as well as a number of shorter lyrics. Selected and edited by the leading Sidney scholar and biographer Katherine Duncan-Jones, this collection reveals that beneath the often dazzling verbal assurance lurked a vein of profound melancholy.
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"Wonderful...selection, layout, typography all excellent."--Harry Keyishian, Fairleigh Dickinson University
"Teachers and students will be particularly well served by the Duncan-Jones volume. Most appealing about this book of selected works is its inclusiveness....Makes available for the first time in a teachable paperback, a variety of historical materials....Makes it possible, thereby, to teach both a full selection of Sidney's works (especially the poetic works) and the creation of the Sidney legend."--Sixteenth Century Journal
Katherine Duncan-Jones is a Tutor in English and Fellow of Somerville College, Oxford.
Review:
"Wonderful...selection, layout, typography all excellent."--Harry Keyishian, Fairleigh Dickinson University
"Teachers and students will be particularly well served by the Duncan-Jones volume. Most appealing about this book of selected works is its inclusiveness....Makes available for the first time in a teachable paperback, a variety of historical materials....Makes it possible, thereby, to teach both a full selection of Sidney's works (especially the poetic works) and the creation of the Sidney legend."--Sixteenth Century Journal
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- PublisherOxford University Press
- Publication date1994
- ISBN 10 0192822748
- ISBN 13 9780192822741
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages224
- EditorDuncan-Jones Katherine
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