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Astrophil and Stella by Sir Philip Sidney ~ Full Audiobook [poetry]
Classic Audiobook Collection
06/26/23
•139m
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Astrophil and Stella by Sir Philip Sidney audiobook.
Genre: poetry
In Astrophil and Stella, Sir Philip Sidney crafts a sparkling sequence of interlinked sonnets and songs that trace the inner life of Astrophil, a witty, self-aware courtier-poet whose name means 'star-lover.' From the opening lines, Astrophil sets himself a task: to turn feeling into verse so powerful it might move his beloved, Stella, to pity and perhaps to love. But poetry proves as troublesome as desire. As Astrophil praises Stella's beauty and virtue, he also wrestles with jealousy, frustration, pride, and the nagging fear that his own artistry is not enough. Each poem becomes a new attempt to argue his case, to interpret Stella's glances and silences, and to make sense of the moral tensions between sincere devotion and selfish want. Along the way, Sidney plays with the conventions of Renaissance love poetry - borrowing from and challenging them - while giving Astrophil a voice that shifts from playful to anguished, from confident rhetorical display to raw confession. The result is an intimate portrait of love as both inspiration and ordeal, where language is a battleground and the heart refuses easy resolution.
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(00:00:00) Chapter 1
(00:27:50) Chapter 2
(00:56:03) Chapter 3
(01:25:16) Chapter 4
(01:52:11) Chapter 5
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