Ashgate Research Companion to The Sidneys 1500–1700

Presented in two volumes The Ashgate Research Companion to The Sidneys 1500-1700 assesses the current state of scholarship on members of the Sidney family and their impact as historical and/or literary figures in the period 1500-1700. Volume 2: Literature begins with an exploration of the Sidneys' books and manuscripts and how they circulated followed by an overview of the contributions of family members -Sir Philip Sidney; Mary Sidney Herbert Countess of Pembroke; Lady Mary Wroth; Robert Sidney Earl of Leicester; and William Herbert Earl of Pembroke - in the genres of prose romance drama poetry psalms and prose. These essays outline major controversies and areas for further research as well as conducting literary analysis.