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Probably composed in the 1580s, Philip Sidney's Astrophil and Stella is an English sonnet sequence containing 108 sonnets and 11 songs. The name derives from the two Greek words, 'aster' (star) and 'phil' (lover), and the Latin word 'stella' meaning star. Thus Astrophil is the star lover, and Stella is his star.
Sir Philip Sidney, Astrophel and Stella (1591), 108 sonnets and 11 songs thought to be addressed to Lady Rich, written between 1580 and 1584. Edmund Spenser, Amoretti (1594), 89 sonnets and an epithalamion addressed to his wife, Elizabeth. Samuel Daniel, Delia (1592), 50 sonnets.
English Petrarke: A Study of Sidney's 'Astrophel and Stella' References This page was last edited on 7 April 2023, at 21:35 (UTC). Text is available ...
Although much younger, she inspired his famous sonnet sequence of the 1580s, Astrophel and Stella. Her father, Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex, was said to have planned to marry his daughter to Sidney, but Walter died in 1576 and this did not occur. In England, Sidney occupied himself with politics and art.
Astrophel may refer to: Astrophel and Stella, a poem by Philip Sidney; Astrophel (Edmund Spenser), a poem by Edmund Spenser This page was last edited on 9 ...
Penelope is traditionally thought to have inspired Philip Sidney's sonnet sequence Astrophel and Stella (sometimes spelt Astrophil and Stella). Likely composed in the 1580s, it is the first of the famous English sonnet sequences, and contains 108 sonnets and 11 songs. Many of the poems were circulated in manuscript form before the first edition ...
Newman may also have been responsible for the consistent practice in early printings of calling the lover persona 'Astrophel'. Ringler emended to 'Astrophil' on the grounds of etymological correctness, since the name is presumably based on Greek -aster- -philein-, and means 'lover of a star'; the 'phil' element alluding also, no doubt, to ...
"Astrophel and Stella" (16th century English poetry) Music by Froese Froese, Lyrics by Sir Philip Sidney: 7:21: 2. "Shape my Sin" Music by Thorsten Quaeschning, Lyrics by Christian Torsa: 4:50: 3. "The Blessed Damozel" Music by Thorsten Quaeschning, Lyrics by Dante G. Rossetti: 5:16: 4. "Divorce" Music by Edgar Froese, Lyrics by Thomas Stanley ...