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"Sir Philip Sidney (30 November 1554 ? 17 October 1586) was an English poet, courtier and soldier, and is remembered as one of the most prominent figures of the Elizabethan Age. His works include Astrophel and Stella, The Defence of Poesy (also known as The Defence of Poetry or An Apology for Poetry), and The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia."--Wikipedia.

"It is one of the curious facts of his literary history that Sir Phillip Sidney, who Astrophel and Stella marks the beginning of the vogue for sonnet cycles in England, stands almost at the end of a highly sophisticated tradition in Europe. Praised by his contemporaries as the English Petrarch, he shows ironic regard for a tradition, Italian and French, of which he is one of the last representatives. As Mr. Kalstone says in his preface, Sidney has...

"Sir Philip Sidney (30 November 1554? 17 October 1586) was an English poet, courtier and soldier, and is remembered as one of the most prominent figures of the Elizabethan Age. His works include Astrophel and Stella, The Defence of Poesy (also known as The Defence of Poetry or An Apology for Poetry), and The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia."--Wikipedia.