Philip Sidney’s Astrophil and Stella

This book will help readers understand and appreciate the sonnets and songs that make up Philip Sidney’s Astrophil and Stella , widely regarded as one of the greatest sonnet collections in English literary history. The author provides commentary on each of the 108 sonnets and 11 songs, explaining how each poem contributes to the plot of the story—a compelling tale of a love that is at once beautiful, true, heartfelt, frustrating, stressful, and unrequited. The author illustrates how Sidney riffs