SIR PHILIP SIDNEY (30 nov 1554 – 17 oct. 1586)
Description:
Sir Philip Sidney, (born November 30, 1554, Penshurst, Kent, England—died October 17, 1586, Arnhem, Netherlands), Elizabethan courtier, statesman, soldier, poet, and patron of scholars and poets, considered the ideal gentleman of his day. After Shakespeare’s sonnets, Sidney’s Astrophel and Stella is considered the finest Elizabethan sonnet cycle. His The Defence of Poesie introduced the critical ideas of Renaissance theorists to England.Ajouté au bande de temps:
Date:
30 nov 1554
17 oct. 1586
~ 31 years