Ebook: Sir Philip Sidney: A Critical Edition of the Major Works

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-two that his literary achievements were truly recognized. The collection ranges more widely through Sidney’s works than any previous volume and includes substantial parts of both versions of the ARCADIA, A 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 wide spectrum of his achievements, and the admiration he inspired in his contemporaries. [From the back cover.]