Selected Writings: Astrophil and Stella, the Defense of Poesy and Miscellanious Poems

by Philip Sidney

When Sidney died, writes Richard Dutton, those who mourned him did so as a hero of Protestant Europe, a model of Christian virtue, of the Renaissance scholar-poet, of the true knight. Dutton corrects the exaggerations in the popular view, painting a human, fallible and credible figure.

Genres: Poetry

180 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1987

About the author

Sir Philip Sidney was an English poet, courtier and soldier, and is remembered as one of the most prominent literary figures of the Elizabethan Age.

Reviews

[John · Rating 5 out of 5]

Worth reading, and probably worth a re-read to get more out of reading it.

[Pao Parra · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this poem for an exam. I did enjoy it though it's not an easy thing to read. Too many Alliterations and secluded images.