Writing after Sidney : the literary response to Sir Philip Sidney, 1586-1640 / Gavin Alexander.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alexander, Gavin (English professor)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sidney, Philip, 1554-1586--Criticism and interpretation.

Sidney, Philip.

English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.

English literature.

Literature and society--England--History--16th century.

Literature and society.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (425 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines the literary response to Sir Philip Sidney, the most immediately influential writer of the Elizabethan period. It does so by looking closely at Sidney and at four writers who had an important stake in his afterlife: his sister Mary Sidney, his brother Robert Sidney, his best friend Fulke Greville, and his niece Mary Wroth. - ;Writing After Sidney examines the literary response to Sir Philip Sidney (1554-86), author of the Arcadia, Astrophil and Stella, and The Defence of Poesy, and the most immediately influential writer of the Elizabethan period. It does so by looking close

Contents:

Contents; List of Illustrations; Note on Spelling, References, and Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Dialogue and Incompletion; 2. Elegies and Legacies; 3. The Last Word; 4. Families and Friends; 5. Finding and Making; 6. Lyric After Sidney; 7. Life After Sidney; 8. Versions of Arcadia; 9. The Constant Art; Postscript; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-361) and index.

Description based on print version record.

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ISBN:

0-19-959112-1

0-19-161544-7

0-19-151589-2

1-280-75607-1

1-4294-7101-8

OCLC:

476246909