num_pages: 208
description: Sir Philip Sidney (1554-86) was a patron, brilliant courtier, diplomat, scholar, soldier and lover, as well as being the first and one of the most important writers of the English Renaissance; his writings, serious or light-hearted and always experimental, vindicate this high esteem. The sonnet sequence Astrophil and Stella is distinguished in the English language as a masterpiece of lyric splendor and a classic of the courtly tradition.
language: English
title: Defense of Poesie, Astrophel and Stella and Other Writings
titlecomplete: Defense of Poesie, Astrophel and Stella and Other Writings (Everyman's Library)
genres: Poetry, British Literature, Nonfiction, School, Essays, Classics, College, Elizabethan Period, 16th Century, Criticism
ratings_count: 287
publisher: Everymans Library