Penshurst Place and the Sidney Family of Writers
Online
4 WeeksQuick Facts
| Medium Of Instructions | Mode Of Learning | Mode Of Delivery |
|---|---|---|
| English | Self Study | Video and Text Based |
Courses and Certificate Fees
| Certificate Availability | Certificate Providing Authority |
|---|---|
| yes | Futurelearn |
The Syllabus
- Introduction to the Course
- Meet the Sidney Family of Writers
- Penshurst Place and Ben Jonson
- The Sidneys, Nature and Writing
- Summing Up
- The Sidneys and love poetry
- Sonnets by Philip Sidney and Robert Sidney
- Writing Sonnets: calligraphy and decoration
- Lady Mary Wroth's Writing about love
- The Gods of Love: Venus and Cupid
- Summing Up
- Household theatre and Shakespeare's Sisters
- Philip Sidney "The Lady of May"
- Shakespeare's Sisters (I) The First Play by an Englishwoman
- Shakespeare's Sisters (II) Mary Sidney's "Tragedy of Antony"
- Music and Performance
- Shakespeare's Sisters (III) Lady Mary Wroth's "Love's Victory"
- Summing Up
- Introduction: The Sidneys and Religion
- Reformation and Counter Reformation
- "A Discourse of Life and Death" trans. Mary Sidney Herbert
- Mary and Philip Sidney's translations of the Psalms of David
- The classical gods
- Quiz
- Summing up