CR Episode 75: Excerpts from Astrophil and Stella

Critical Readings

EpisodeApr 19, 20210

CR Episode 75: Excerpts from Astrophil and Stella

Critical Readings

EpisodeApr 19, 20210

The panel examines a selection of sonnets and a song from Sir Philip Sidney's Astrophil and Stella, considering the formal and tonal connexions between Sidney's poetry and the works of earlier and later poets, including Chaucer, Petrarch, and Shakespeare.

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Critical Readings examines key literary texts using close reading and critical analysis, and explains these approaches in discussion. Listeners will learn about the texts themselves and about how to approach a text for critical analysis.

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