Astrophel and Stella
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| Rating | : | 4.58 (779 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1495392813 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 76 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-03-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Sidney: The Unsung Master Sonneteer" according to Amazon Customer. Personally, my favorite sonnet sequence. A swirl of literary metaphor, aesthetic philosophy and beautiful language. Sidney is often overlooked by historical and contemporary scholars and critics for Shakespeare, Petrarch, Donne and other popular sonneteers, but Sidney's is arguably the sequence which tells the most classic and relatable story of unattainable love in comparing the lover and his unreachable beloved to that of the stargazer for the star.I would not, howev
Check out our other books at dogstailbooks. Sidney explores all the aspects of what it means to be in love and does so in language that is memorable and striking. Sidney's sonnet cycle, consisting of 100 sonnets, followed by 11 Songs, is, after Shakespeare's, the finest sonnet cycle in the English language. All lovers of poetry will enjoy exploring this classic work from the Elizabethan era
The cycle tells the story of Stella ("star"), beloved by Astrophel ("star lover" or "beloved of a star," a play on Sidney's name), who loves poetry almost as much as he loves her. An Elizabethan sonnet sequence of 108 sonnets, interspersed with 11 songs, by Sir Philip Sidney, written in 1582 and published posthumously in 1591. The publication of Astrophel and Stella generated a vogue for the sonnet sequence, and among the English poets who responded was Edmund Spenser, who also wrote the elegy "Astrophel" after his friend Sidney's death in 1586. The work is often considered the finest Elizabethan sonnet cycle after William Shakespeare's sonnets. He details his passionate feelings for Stella, his struggles with conflicting emotions, and his final decision to