Astrophil and Stella

By Sidney, Philip, Sir

Book Id: WPLBN0002950015
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File Size: 64.48 MB
Reproduction Date: 2007

Title:	Astrophil and Stella
Author:	Sidney, Philip, Sir
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Poetry, Poetry
Collections:	Audio Books Collection, Astrophil and Stella
Historic Publication Date:	1591
Publisher:	LibriVox Audio Books


Citation APA MLA Chicago Philip Sidney, B. S. (1591). Astrophil and Stella. Retrieved from http://www.self.gutenberg.org/

Description
Astrophil and Stella is a sonnet sequence written by Philip Sidney, an Elizabethan poet and courtier. It details the frustrated love of Astrophil (whose name means star-lover) for his beloved Stella (whose name means star). It is likely that Sidney based his poems on his own unrequited passion for a married woman. The sequence inspired other sonnet writers of the period, such as Edmund Spenser, William Shakespeare, and Lady Mary Wroth.“(Summary written by Elizabeth Klett)

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Poetry