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Sidney, Sir Philip. Courtier of Elizabeth I and poet. Not related to the capital of Australia. Sidney wrote the prose romance Arcadia, which his contemporaries loved and which authors such as William Shakespeare borrowed heavily from. Nowadays, people are not so sure about Arcadia, some find it as dull as watching your nosehair grow, others see in it one of the greatest Renaissance texts. You are cordially invited to read the text yourselves.

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	Sidney, Sir Philip. Courtier of [[Elizabeth I]] and poet. Not related to the capital of Australia.		Sidney, Sir Philip. Courtier of [[Elizabeth I]] and poet. Not related to the capital of Australia.
	Sidney wrote the prose romance ''Arcadia'', which his contemporaries loved and which authors such as ~~Williams~~ Shakespeare borrowed heavily from. Nowadays, people are not so sure about ''Arcadia''.		Sidney wrote the prose romance ''Arcadia'', which his contemporaries loved and which authors such as William Shakespeare borrowed heavily from. Nowadays, people are not so sure about ''Arcadia'', some find it as dull as watching your nosehair grow, others see in it one of the greatest Renaissance texts. You are cordially invited to read the text yourselves.