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Correspondence Of Sir Philip Sidney Pack
Roger . Ed(S): Kuin
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Description for Correspondence Of Sir Philip Sidney Pack
Multiple copy . A fascinating glimpse of Elizabethan life and politics is provided by the first full edition of Sir Philip Sidney's correspondence. This young phenomenon-author, statesman, courtier, poet, and soldier-exchanged letters with some of the age's most influential figures. Includes general and textual introductions, biographical sketches, and notes. Editor(s): Kuin, Roger. Num Pages: 1464 pages, Frontispiece to each volume; 20 black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: BJ; DSBD; DSC; HBLH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 166 x 240 x 118. Weight in Grams: 2566.
Sir Philip Sidney is one of the most important authors of the Elizabethan era. He died at the age of 31 and in that time wrote the first great English novel, the Arcadia; the first major Petrarchan sonnet-sequence in English, the Astrophil and Stella; and the first important English critical text, the Defence of Poesy. His short life was extraordinarily eventful. He was the son of the Viceroy of Ireland and the nephew and heir of the Queen's favourite, the Earl of Leicester. At 17 he began a three-year tour of Europe, during which he was received at the Court ... Read more
Sir Philip Sidney is one of the most important authors of the Elizabethan era. He died at the age of 31 and in that time wrote the first great English novel, the Arcadia; the first major Petrarchan sonnet-sequence in English, the Astrophil and Stella; and the first important English critical text, the Defence of Poesy. His short life was extraordinarily eventful. He was the son of the Viceroy of Ireland and the nephew and heir of the Queen's favourite, the Earl of Leicester. At 17 he began a three-year tour of Europe, during which he was received at the Court ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
1464
Condition
New
Number of Pages
1464
Format
Multiple-component retail product
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199558223
SKU
V9780199558223
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About Roger . Ed(S): Kuin
Roger Kuin is Professor Emeritus at York University in Toronto. He has edited Robert Langham's Letter, a pamphlet about the Earl of Leicester's spectacular reception of Queen Elizabeth at Kenilworth Castle in 1575 and his 1998 study Chamber Music: Elizabethan Sonnet-Sequences and the Pleasure of Criticism was a 'performance' of the sonnets of Sidney, Spenser, and Shakespeare. For forty years ... Read more
Reviews for Correspondence Of Sir Philip Sidney Pack
No scholar knows this correspondence better than Kuin (York University, Toronto), whose impressive achievement in this long-awaited edition is to present all these letters in meticulously prepared texts with copious annotations and idiomatic translations.
D. M Moore, Choice
Roger Kuin's handling of this diverse, scattered and highly allusive correspondence is outstanding. His technical descriptions of the letters are ... Read more
D. M Moore, Choice
Roger Kuin's handling of this diverse, scattered and highly allusive correspondence is outstanding. His technical descriptions of the letters are ... Read more