Wherein the excellence of sweete poesie is concluded Sidney, Philip 1554-1586 creator text utu 2018 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Sir P.S.: His Astrophel and Stella" by Philip Sidney is an English sonnet sequence probably composed in the 1580s. This collection of 108 sonnets and 11 songs tells the story of Astrophil, the star lover, and his beloved Stella, the star. Drawing on Petrarchan tradition, Sidney explores love, desire, and poetic creation through an ongoing narrative. Some scholars believe the work reflects Sidney's own betrothal to Lady Penelope Devereux, though others view it as artistic invention rather than autobiography. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrophel_and_Stella Release date is 2018-01-14 Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team Original publication data not identified English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700 Sonnets, English PR Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/56375 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/56375 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134311.0 56375