Selected Poems (Oxford Paperbacks)

Sidney, Sir Philip

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198710534 ISBN 13: 9780198710530

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1973

This volume of selections from the writings of Sir Philip Sidney presents an unusually extensive sample of the work of this major Elizabethan writer. It includes the whole of his sonnet sequence Astrophil and Stella, his efence of Poesy, his Certain Sonnets, substantial parts of both versions of the Arcadia, a selection of letters, a generous assemblage of supplementary texts that illustrate his inventiveness as a royal entertainer, and a discussion of the royal cult which grew up around him after his sudden death in 1586.

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 "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

Synopsis:

This students' edition is based on Ringler's critical edition. The poems have been chosen to show Sidney's technical virtuosity and range of tone and subject-matter. Spelling and punctuation are modernized, and there are explanatory notes.