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Sir Philip Sidney (1554 - 1586)

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Criticism about Sir Philip Sidney

Gender and Genre in the Sonnet Sequences of Philip Sidney and Mary Wroth

http://www.otago.ac.nz/DeepSouth/vol2no1/laws.html

"And yet, when I actually read Pamphilia to Amphilanthus, what strikes me is not its similarity to Astrophil and Stella, but its differences, particularly in relation to gender issues. In place of the lively and at timeseven assertive Stella, there is the passive and victimised Pamphilia who cannot free herself from the perfidious Amphilanthus. Whereas Sidney seems deliberately to break sonnet conventions by creating not so much an idealised representation of remote feminine beauty as a living responsive human being who can act, Wroth allows her woman to remain inactive and helpless, the victim of another's behaviour."

Contains: Commentary, Criticism

Author: Jennifer Laws

From: Deep South v.2 n.1 (Autumn, 1996)

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The Sidney Journal

http://www.uoguelph.ca/englit/sidney/

An international scholarly periodical published twice annually (Spring and Fall) by the Sidney Society. It aims to provide a critical forum for scholars and students of Sidney.

Contains: Criticism, Commentary, Webliography

Author: Gerald J. Rubio

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Biographical sites about Sir Philip Sidney

The Sidneys of Penshurst

http://www.i-way.co.uk/~sid/thesidneys.html

This site gives background on the Sidney family as well as a nice biography on Sir Philip Sidney.

Contains: Full Bio

Author: Chris Sidney

Keywords: life, history, biography

 

Sir Philip Sidney

http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/sidbio.htm

This site contains biographical information on Sir Philip Sidney.

Contains: Sketch

Author: Anniina Jokinen

From: Luminarium

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