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"Wonderful...selection, layout, typography all excellent."--Harry Keyishian, Fairleigh Dickinson University
"Teachers and students will be particularly well served by the Duncan-Jones volume. Most appealing about this book of selected works is its inclusiveness....Makes available for the first time in a teachable paperback, a variety of historical materials....Makes it possible, thereby, to teach both a full selection of Sidney's works (especially the poetic works) and the creation of the Sidney legend."--Sixteenth Century Journal
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This authoritative edition was originally published in the acclaimed Oxford Authors series under the general editorship of Frank Kermode. It brings together a unique combination of Sidney's poetry and prose - all the major writing, complemented by letters and elegies - to give the essence of his work and thinking. 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 31 that his literary accomplishments were truly recognized. This collection ranges more widely through Sidney's works than any previous volume and includes substantial parts of both versions of the Arcadia, The 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 whole spectrum of his achievements, and the admiration he inspired in his contemporaries.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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Philip Sidney, nephew of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester (and Elizabeth's favourite) has become for us, as for at least some of his contemporaries, the epitome of the Renaissance courtier. However he is a far more complex and ambiguous figure than that (see, for example, the excellent Stewart biography Sir Philip Sidney: A Double Life). This excellent collection, edited and introduced by Duncan-Jones, herself a renowned Sidneian, is a superb introduction to the contradictions of this immensely intelligent, cultured, and yet slippery man.
This contains his early writings, the eclogues from the 'Old' Arcadia, the full Defense of Poetry, the full Astrophil and Stella, prose excerpts from the 'new' Arcadia, and a handful of psalms. It is rounded off with a few of Sidney's own letters (about 15 or so) and a short appendix which includes some very (very) brief writings about Sidney's death.
Duncan-Jones is unobstrusive in her commentary but the serious student will need to consult other secondary literature. The letters are fascinating and this section could have been much longer as it's difficult to get an affordable copy of Sidney's correspondance.
However, the full Defense and Astrophil make this a bargain at the price. For the Sidney student, do also get the Oxford 'old' Arcadia with this (The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia (The Old Arcadia) (Oxford World's Classics), as the intersections between the epic/pastoral romance of that,and the Petrarchan Astrophil really do need to be read in conjunction.
This contains his early writings, the eclogues from the 'Old' Arcadia, the full Defense of Poetry, the full Astrophil and Stella, prose excerpts from the 'new' Arcadia, and a handful of psalms. It is rounded off with a few of Sidney's own letters (about 15 or so) and a short appendix which includes some very (very) brief writings about Sidney's death.
Duncan-Jones is unobstrusive in her commentary but the serious student will need to consult other secondary literature. The letters are fascinating and this section could have been much longer as it's difficult to get an affordable copy of Sidney's correspondance.
However, the full Defense and Astrophil make this a bargain at the price. For the Sidney student, do also get the Oxford 'old' Arcadia with this (The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia (The Old Arcadia) (Oxford World's Classics), as the intersections between the epic/pastoral romance of that,and the Petrarchan Astrophil really do need to be read in conjunction.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Well worth the read and the price. I read Astrophil and Stella first as this is for my English course and it completely inspired me to read the rest of Sidney. No bad points whatsoever. Read and enjoy.
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