CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. PREFACE 7
3. CONTENTS 9
4. I. SIR PHILIP SIDNEY ON STYLE 11
5. II. ASTROPHEL AND STELLA AS AN INTEGRAL WORK 27
6. III. THE VERSIFICATION OF THE SONNETS 47
7. IV. THE RIME SCHEMES OF THE SONNETS 64
8. V. THE VOCABULARY OF THE SONNETS 75
9. VI. THE RHETORIC OF THE SONNETS 94
10. VII. THE IMAGERY OF THE SONNETS 118
11. VIII. THE ENGLISH AND FRENCH STYLISTIC INFLUENCES ON ASTROPHEL AND STELLA 139
12. CONCLUSION 159
13. APPENDIX: A WORD COUNT OF THE NOUNS, ADJECTIVES, AND VERBS IN THE SONNETS OF ASTROPHEL AND STELLA 160
14. LIST OF WORKS CITED 178
15. INDEX 181