Sir Philip Sidney, Cultural Icon [Hardcover]

This study analyzes Sir Philip Sidney's reputation from his own day to the present by discussing his reception in the work of authors as diverse in time and type as Sir Fulke Greville, Christopher Hill, Charles Lamb, Edmund Waller, and Thomas Warton the elder.Yet Verses Are Not Vaine': Sidney, Spenser, and the Poet-Soldier Conundrum 'Equall Portions': Sidney, Prince Henry, and the Enforcement of 'Protestant' Solidarity 'Intent, and Scope': Sidney, Greville, and the Enforcement of 'Protestant' Solidarity 'For Freedom's Sake': Sidney, Sidney, and the Vogue for 'Radicalism by Association' 'All We Can': Sidney, Waller, and the Courtly Love Tradition 'Tam Marti quam Mercurio': Sidney, Lovelace, and the Poet-Soldier Conundrum 'Beyond Comparison': Sidney, Lord Herbert, and the Problem of Scale 'The Revolution Then Effected': Sidney, Bruno, and the Vogue for 'Radicalism by Association'

An absolutely fascinating subject, and researched with rigor. It is truly amazing how many sources Hillyer has explored, and how many references to Sidney he has discovered. The stakes of the various portraits of Sidney are clear, which makes for a compelling read. Sir Philip Sidney, Cultural Icon attests brilliantly to something we all believe: that literature from the past is not dead, but is continually and necessarily being remade. - Michael Schoenfeldt, Professor of English, University of Michigan