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: -Astrophil and Stella is a sequence of sonnets and songs written by Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586). It tells the story of Astrophil (or Astrophel), whose name means star-lover, and his hopeless passion for Stella, whose name means star.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sidney’s most famous works include Astrophel and Stella, The Defence of Poesy and The Countess of Pembroke’s Arcadia. He wrote for only seven or eight years of his life, spending the rest of his time working in politics and the military.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.