The sonnets of Astrophel and Stella

Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- I. SIR PHILIP SIDNEY ON STYLE -- II. ASTROPHEL AND STELLA AS AN INTEGRAL WORK -- III. THE VERSIFICATION OF THE SONNETS -- IV. THE RIME SCHEMES OF THE SONNETS -- V. THE VOCABULARY OF THE SONNETS -- VI. THE RHETORIC OF THE SONNETS -- VII. THE IMAGERY OF THE SONNETS -- VIII. THE ENGLISH AND FRENCH STYLISTIC INFLUENCES ON ASTROPHEL AND STELLA -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX: A WORD COUNT OF THE NOUNS, ADJECTIVES, AND VERBS IN THE SONNETS OF ASTROPHEL AND STELLA -- LIST OF WORKS CITED -- INDEX