This volume of the English Men of Letters is an evocative biography of Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586) , the poet, courtier, soldier, and one of the Elizabethan Age’s most prominent figures. Learned and politic, but also generous, brave, and impulsive, Sidney was memorialized as the flower of English manhood in Edmund Spenser’s Astrophel.
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John Addington Symonds (1840–1893) was an English poet, biographer, and literary critic. Although he was an early advocate of the validity of male love, the taboos of Victorian England prevented Symonds from speaking openly about homosexuality. He is best known for his work Renaissance in Italy.
Langue Anglais ● Format EPUB ● Pages 216 ● ISBN 9781411439153 ● Taille du fichier 0.2 MB ● Âge 99-17 ans ● Maison d’édition Barnes & Noble ● Publié 2011 ● Téléchargeable 24 mois ● Devise EUR ● ID 5862785 ● Protection contre la copie Adobe DRM
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