{"name":"Astrophil and Stella by Sir Philip Sidney","short_name":"Astrophil and Stella by Sir Philip Sidney","theme_color":"#ffffff","start_url":"/","display":"standalone","background_color":"#fff","description":"Astrophil and Stella is a sonnet sequence written by Philip Sidney, an Elizabethan poet and courtier. It details the frustrated love of Astrophil (whose name means “star-lover”) for his beloved Stella (whose name means “star”). It is likely that Sidney based his poems on his own unrequited passion for a married woman. The sequence inspired other sonnet writers of the period, such as Edmund Spenser, William Shakespeare, and Lady Mary Wroth.","icons":[{"src":"https://deow9bq0xqvbj.cloudfront.net/image-logo/18509698/astrophil-and-stella-by-sir-philip-sidney_300x300.jpg","sizes":"300x300","type":"image/png"}]}