Favorite sons

Description:

"Favorite Sons explores Sir Philip Sidney's extraordinary poetic legacy, which is closely linked to the development of the early modern family in England, both by-products of new forms of affection and secrecy, both shaped equally by pride and projection. The reasons for such connections are writ small and large by the Sidney family of writers. If family history is driven by and experienced through the logic of culture, all families are poetic projects, too, as the work of Sidney, Robert Sidney, Mary Sidney Herbert, and Mary Wroth attests."--Jacket.

subjects: Biography,  Criticism and interpretation,  English Poets,  Family,  History,  Poetics,  Poets, English,  Political and social views,  Politics and government,  Politics and literature,  Sidney, philip, sir, 1554-1586,  Sidney family,  English poetry, history and criticism, early modern, 1500-1700,  Great britain, politics and government, 1485-1603

People: Mary Sidney Herbert Pembroke Countess of (1561-1621),  Mary Wroth Lady (ca. 1586-ca. 1640),  Philip Sidney Sir (1554-1586),  Robert Sidney (1563-1626),  Sidney family

Places: Great Britain

Times: 1558-1603,  16th century,  17th century,  Early modern, 1500-1700