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    Nephew of a Queen's favorite and son-in-law of her spymaster, he dedicated his most famous work to yet another relative, who was a patron of poets. That work influenced a great playwright and a novelist, and is said to have been quoted by a king as he went to his death. Who was this man, and what is the work?

    Question #59931. Asked by lanfranco. (Oct 12 05 4:22 PM)


    Flem-ish

    		Sir Philip Sidney's "Arcadia" influenced William Shakespeare.( The Gloucester subplot in King Lear).Sidney's mother was Mary Dudley, the sister of the Earl of Leicester, favourite of Queen Elizabeth I.Charles I is said to have quoted from Arcadia before his execution.Samuel Richardson borrowed the name of a heroine from Sidney: Pamela.Sidney's sister Mary was the "patron of poetry" to whom Sidney dedicated his "Arcadia".
    Alas this model of a gentleman got killed in the Battle of Zutphen in the Netherlands.
    I think Edmund Spenser dedicated his Shepherd's Calendar to him.

    Oct 12 05, 6:36 PM
    lanfranco

    		Yay, Flem-ish! A nice, detailed response:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Sidney

    Oct 12 05, 6:50 PM

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