Astrophil and Stella (Phoenix Classics)

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. Sidney partly nativized the key features of his Italian model Petrarch, includi...