Sir Philip Sidney (Oxford Poetry Library) - Softcover

Sidney, Sir Philip

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192822748 ISBN 13: 9780192822741

Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks, 1994

Synopsis

Sir Philip Sidney, whose life was tragically cut short at the age of 31, 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, and was regarded by some as almost a crown Prince. This short selection represents the full range of Sidney's remarkable poetic gifts, and includes "Astrophil and Stella", "The New Arcadia" and "The Defence of Poesy", as well as a number of shorter lyrics. The book reveals that beneath the often dazzling verbal asserance and prosodic talent was a vein of profound melancholy. This lends greater weight to the conventional forms of amorous complaint, and resonance of his verse has been compared to "the sound of gongs beaten under water" by one critic. Throughout his short career he displayed the greatest confidence which, had he lived, would have been triumphantly vindicated through the works of his younger contemporaries - Marlowe, Donne, Jonson and Shakespeare. Katherine Duncan-Jones is the author of the biography, "Sir Philip Sidney: Courtier Poet".

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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 "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 "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 "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 afull selection of Sidney's works (especially the poetic works) and the creation of the Sidney legend."--Sixteenth Century Journal

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0192822748
• ISBN 13: 9780192822741
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 214
• Editor: Duncan-Jones Katherine