Wilton Circle
Illustration — Wilton House The Wilton Circle were an influential group of 16th-century English poets, led by Mary Sidney. They were based at Wilton House, Wiltshire, which was run by the half-brother of Walter Raleigh. Sidney turned Wilton into a "paradise for poets", and the circle included Edmund Spenser, Michael Drayton, Sir John Davies, Abraham Fraunce, and Samuel Daniel.
Wilton Circle
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They are described as "the most important and influential literary circle in English history" and Mary Sidney has been called a "patroness of the muses".
Wilton Circle is a poet.
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- 1.Mary Sidney Herbert. The Shakespearean Authorship Trust.
- 2.Hannay, Margaret P. Philip's Phoenix: Mary Sidney, Countess of Pembroke. Oxford University Press. 106–142. 1990. 0-19-505779-1.
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