Sir Philip Sidney 1554-86
Alma mater: Oxford
Poems
108 love sonnets
- Astrophel and Stella – 1591
- written to his mistress Lady Penelope Rich/Devereux, in 1575, Sidney returned to England and became a courtier of Queen Elizabeth, when he met her.
- Petrarchan octave – abbaabba
- The Countess of Pembroke’s Arcadia – 1590
Pastoral romance
Incomplete
Essay
- The Apologies for Poetrie (Known as ‘A Defence of Poesie and The Defence of Poetry) – 1595
Critical essay
An answer to Gosson’s School of Abuse