Sir Philip Sidney - The Major Works

Klappentext This authoritative edition brings together a unique combination of Sidney's poetry and prose--all the major writing, complemented by letters and elegies--that reveals the essence of his work and thinking. Born in 1554, Sir Philip Sidney was hailed as the perfect Renaissance patron, soldier, lover, and courtier, but it was only after his untimely death at the age of thirty-one that his literary accomplishments were truly recognized. This collection ranges more widely through Sidney's works than any previous volume and includes substantial parts of both versions of the Arcadia, The Defence of Poesy and the whole of the sonnet sequence Astrophil and Stella. Supplementary texts, such as his letters and the numerous elegies which appeared after his death, help to illustrate the whole spectrum of his achievements, and the admiration he inspired in his contemporaries. Zusammenfassung This authoritative edition was formerly published in the acclaimed Oxford Authors series under the general editorship of Frank Kermode. It brings together a unique combination of Sidney's poetry and prose, including The Defence of Poesy, substantial parts of both versions of the Arcadia, and the whole of the sonnet sequence Astrophil and Stella.

Product details

• Authors: Philip Sidney, Sir Philip Sidney, SIDNEY SIR PHILIP
• Assisted by: Katherine Duncan-Jones (Editor), Katherine ( Duncan-Jones (Editor), Katherine (Tutor in English and Fellow of Somerville College Duncan-Jones (Editor), Duncan-Jones Katherine (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.12.2008
• EAN: 9780199538416
• ISBN: 978-0-19-953841-6
• No. of pages: 448
• Series: Oxford World's Classics; Oxford World's Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; POETRY / General, Poetry by individual poets