Dimensions
129 x 198 x 15mm
And Other Writings.
Sir Philip Sidney's reputation is that of Renaissance patron, brilliant courtier, diplomat, scholar, soldier and lover. Although unpublished during his lifetime - his work circulating only in manuscript - he was the first and one of the most exciting of the great Elizabethan poets, writing a wide range of lyrical verse, both serious and light-hearted, but always experimental.
'Astrophil And Stella', his witty and intricate sequence of love sonnets - the first in English - plots the unresolved and unhappy love of Astrophil for Stella; Nashe called it "the tragicomedy of love . . . performed by starlight". His vindication of literature, the 'Defence Of Poesie', is the most entertaining and penetrating critical essay of the period. Sidney's extraordinary originality, and the impetus given by his writing to those who followed him, make his poetry of lasting value.
The most comprehensive select edition available, with introduction, notes and chronology of Sidney's life and times.
