Title: The making of Sir Philip Sidney
First published: 1998
Description: Edward Berry's The Making of Sir Philip Sidney explores how Sidney 'made' or created himself as a poet by 'making' representations of himself in the roles of some of his most literary creations: Philisides, Astrophil, and the intrusive persona of A Defence of Poetry. Focusing on the significance of these and other self-representations throughout Sidney's career, Berry combines biography, social history, and literary criticism to achieve a carefully balanced portrayal of the poet's life and work.
Subjects: Self in literature, Criticism and interpretation, Literature and society, Courts and courtiers in literature, Autobiography in literature, Biography, Court and courtiers, English Poets, Poets in literature, History, Sidney, philip, sir, 1554-1586
People: Philip Sidney Sir (1554-1586)