Astrophil and Stella

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 30, 2023

In Category - Poetry, Sonnets

Authors: Sir Philip Sidney In Year : 1591

Book Language: English

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Sonnets 01-30
Sonnets 31-60
Sonnets 61-84
Sonnets 85-90
Sonnets 91-108

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)