Astrophel and Stella: Elizabethan Sonnet Cycle (British Poets)
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| Rating | : | 4.31 (570 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 186171176X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 168 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-04-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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Sidney: The Unsung Master Sonneteer 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, bu
-- The Merriam-Webster Encylopedia of Literature. In observance of contemporary poetic conventions, Sidney discourses in the sonnets on reason and passion, wit and will. He details his passionate feelings for Stella, his struggles with conflicting emotions, and his final decision to abandon his pursuit of her in favor of a life of public service. The work is often considered the finest Elizabethan sonnet cycle after William Shakespeare's sonnets. 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. 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
160 pages. He was knighted in 1583, and was governor of Flushing in 1585. It's a useful edition for students. Sir Philip Sidney’s works include ‘Arcadia’ (1577/ 86), ‘Defence of Poetry’, translations of psalms and du Bartas, sonnets for Penelope Rich (c. Each poem has a page to itself. ISBN 9781861711762. SIR PHILIP SIDNEY: ASTROPHEL AND STELLA: ELIZABETHAN SONNET CYCLE Sir Philip Sidney’s ‘Astrophel and Stella’ is one of the major Elizabethan sonnet sequences, reprinted here in an attractive new edition. Sidney was an ambassador (to the German Emperor in 1577), and involved in European politics (his European tour was 1572-1575). crmoon. Bibliography and note. Illustrated. Born in 1554 in Penshurst in Kent, Sidney was educated in Oxford (Christ Church) and Shrewsbury. 1581), and ‘Astrophel and Stella’. Sir Philip Sidney is one of the most well-known of Elizabethan sonneteers, and a key poet in contributing towards the fashionable success of the genre. He died aged 31 in 1586, following wounds sustained in the Battle of Zutphen. It was apparently edited by the Countess of Pembroke, one of the principal figures in Elizabethan poetry. ‘Astrophel and Stella’ was first published in 1591, and again in 1598 (where it