Philip Sidney
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Sir Philip Sidney was an English poet, courtier, scholar and soldier who is remembered as one of the most prominent figures of the Elizabethan age.
Sir Philip Sidney, after Antonis Mor
Frances Walsingham, attributed to Robert Peake, 1594
Memorial for Sir Philip Sidney at the spot where he was fatally injured
The funeral of Sir Philip Sidney, 1586
Astrophel and Stella
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Astrophil and Stella is an English sonnet sequence by Philip Sidney containing 108 sonnets and 11 songs, probably composed in the 1580s. The name derives from the two Greek words, 'aster' and 'phil',
Philip Sidney
…poet, courtier, scholar and soldier who is remembered as one of the most prominent figures of the Elizabethan age. His works include a sonnet sequence, Astrophil and Stella, a treatise, The Defence of Poesy (also known as The Defence of Poesie or An Apology for Poetrie) and a pastoral romance, The Countess of Pembroke's…
The title page of the second edition of Astrophil and Stella (1591), from the British Library's holdings
Frontispiece to copy of Astrophel and Stella from University of Edinburgh Library.