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Philip Sidney
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Sir Philip Sidney : The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia
"According to [James] Johnstoun, his supplement [to Sidney's Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia] grew out of his affection for Sidney's romance. Having read the Arcadia over and over, he became inspired by the two pairs of lovers ..."
UnknownCentury: 1500-1599 / 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: James Johnstoun
Sir Philip Sidney : The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia
"According to one contemporary anecdote, when a would-be lover borrowed from the Arcadia to woo a lady, she immediately saw through his deception: she 'was so well versed in his author, as tacitely she traced him to the bottom of a leaf.'"
UnknownCentury: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: anon
Philip Sidney : The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia
"In 1617 the Countess [of Dorset, Pembroke, and Montgomery] noted recreational books that she was reading: "'The 12th and 13th I spent most of the time in playing Gecko and in hearing Moll Neville read the Arcadia.'"
UnknownCentury: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Moll Neville
Philip Sidney : [unknown]
'Durrell's studies at the British Museum turned even further towards the Elizabethans. He took in Sidney, Marlowe, Nashe, Greene, Peel and Tourneur, as well as Shakespeare'.
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Lawrence Durrell Print: Book
Sir Philip Sidney : Arcadia der Graffin von Pembrock
[Marginalia]
Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Taylor Coleridge Print: Book
Philip Sidney : The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia
'Read the arcadia and Amadis'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley Print: Book
Philip Sidney : Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia, THe
'read the Arcadia'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley Print: Book
Philip Sidney : Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia, The
'Read the Arcadia & Cupids Revenge - S. reads the arcadia'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley Print: Book
Philip Sidney : Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia, The
'Read the Arcadia & Cupids Revenge - S. reads the arcadia'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Percy Bysshe Shelley Print: Book
Philip Sidney : Defence of Poesie, The
'Begin the Defence of Poesy by Sir P. Sidney.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley Print: Book
Philip Sidney : Defence of Poesie, The
'Sir P. Sydneys defence of poetry'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley Print: Book
Sir Philip Sidney : The Countess of Pembroke’s Arcadia
Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, c. 1 October 1795, 'A good phrase of Sir P Sidneys for looking foolish. "he lookd like an Ape that had newly taken a purgation".'
