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Sir Philip Sidney

Sir Philip Sidney 1554-86

Alma mater: Oxford
Poems
108 love sonnets
  • Astrophel and Stella – 1591
    1. 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.
    2. 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
Posted in English Literature, English Poetry, NTA UGC NET English Literature

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