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Philip Sidney: A Renaissance Courtier, Poet, and Defender of Poesy - Prof. Echevarria Gonz, Apuntes de Idioma Inglés

Philip sidney (1554-1586) was a prominent figure during the late xvi century. He was a courtier, ambassador, soldier, and a prolific writer. In this document, we explore his literary works, including 'arcadia,' 'defence of poesy,' and 'astrophil and stella.' sidney's writings were influenced by classical literature and explored themes of love, society, and the power of poetry.

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¡Descarga Philip Sidney: A Renaissance Courtier, Poet, and Defender of Poesy - Prof. Echevarria Gonz y más Apuntes en PDF de Idioma Inglés solo en Docsity! Philip Sidney (1554-1586) He belonged to the XVI second half. He was a courtier, ambassador and a soldier (perfect example of a courtier). He was able to defend the country through the sword and word. He died in the battlefield (in Poland) defending the Anglican Church, he suffered some sort of problems though he didn’t want to be helped and he died helping others. He was considered a hero. He said that he had this unelected vocation (writing). He wrote: Arcadia It’s a mixture of things; it’s based in Sannazaro (Italian poet who wrote Arcadia) about the pastoral world (Utopian society). In Sidney Arcadia we got these elements: • Lovers that get separate • Lovers passing different tests (or quests as in medieval literature) in order to get together • They reach in an island where they have to create the perfect society because the people who have shipwreck are nobles Defence of Poesy Theoretical work which defended literature because puritans were trying to eliminate it. 1579 Gosson accused poetry of being the School of Abuse, of telling lies and of being useless so he wrote the School of Morality defending the following arguments: literary works don’t pretend to tell the truth and it helps us to create a better world and to teach a moral. He offers examples about good literary texts. He uses classic and contemporary authors from Europe and England (he defends Chaucer, Spencer...) which is a completely new thing; no one had use contemporary authors for defending literature. Astrophil and Stella It is the first sonnet circle in English; the sonnets are connected to each other by the same woman. It is composed by 108 sonnets and 11 songs. The inspiration for Sidney is Petrarca. He was using the love narrative as a frame to have the opportunity to talk about different love aspects. The important thing isn’t the happy ending (which it doesn’t happen), the important thing is how love influence the poet (in the lyrical I and the different ways of love). It tells the story of Astrophil (whose name means the start’s lover in Greek) and Stella (whose name means star in Latin and Italian), their names apparently promise a happy ending, and nevertheless, it doesn’t happen. From the names we get the classical influence, this classic world is going to be a constant in Sydney’s works.
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