ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Sir Philip Sidney, (born November 30, 1554, Penshurst, Kent, England-died October 17, 1586, Arnhem, Netherlands), Elizabethan courtier, statesman, soldier, poet, and patron of scholars and poets, considered the ideal gentleman of his day.

Detailed explanation-2: -Introduction: Matthew Arnold (1822-1888), the Victorian poet and critic, was ‘the first modern critic’ [1], and could be called ‘the critic’s critic’, being a champion not only of great poetry, but of literary criticism itself.

Detailed explanation-3: -Today is the feast day of Caedmon, the first known English poet. As well as being the first named poet in the English literary tradition, he is also a significant figure in the history of people who hate singing in public, people who develop new talents later in life, and of cowherds.

Detailed explanation-4: -His works include a sonnet sequence, Astrophel and Stella, a treatise, The Defence of Poesy (also known as The Defence of Poesie or An Apology for Poetrie) and a pastoral romance, The Countess of Pembroke’s Arcadia.

Detailed explanation-5: -Sir Philip Sidney (1554-86) was one of the finest poets of the English Renaissance and a pioneer of the sonnet form and English love poetry.