ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586) was an English courtier and poet. Arcadia, dedicated to his sister, Mary Herbert, the Countess of Pembroke, was a work in the new genre of prose romance. It traces the adventures of the princes Pyrocles and Musidorus, and the fortunes of the Duke of Arcadia.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sidney penned several major works of the Elizabethan era, including Astrophel and Stella, the first Elizabethan sonnet cycle, and Arcadia, a heroic prose romance. He was also known for his literary criticism, known as The Defense of Poesy.

Detailed explanation-3: -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.