Talk:Astrophel and Stella

Untitled
Can somebody change the name of the page itself? It is 'Astrophil', not 'Astrophel', but there is already a redirect from 'Astrophil' to the incorrect 'Astrophel'. :)

Look at the included photo of the original text. Very clearly it is "Astrophel" not "Astrophil". m.j.hymowitz 22:06, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

True, but the Oxford press edition of Sidney's 'Major Works including Astrophil and Stella' says this: There is no evidence that the title is authorial. It derives from the first printed text, the unauthorized quarto edition published by Thomas Newman (1591). Newman may also have been responsible for the consistent practice in early printings of calling the lover persona 'Astrophel'. Ringler emended to 'Astrophil' on the grounds of etymological correctness, since the name is presumably based on Greek -aster- -philein-, and means 'lover of a star'; the 'phil' element alluding also, no doubt, to Sidney's Christian name.

We are missing out on a delightful pun by using the archaic, almost nonsensical spelling, of the 1591 edition. I hope somebody who knows how will change this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.15.173.131 (talk) 13:54, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

Spenser vs. Sidney
It looks like Edmund Spenser links here via Astrophel, a redirect. But Spenser's Astrophel and Astrophel and Stella are two completely different works. Can someone knowledgeable remedy the situation? At least, perhaps, by creating a stub page for Spenser's work and a disambiguation page to replace the redirect? (I don't know how to do these things, and i know nothing of Spenser's Astrophel.)

Selected sonnets?
Is it really necessary to add some selected sonnets in the article when we have full text in Wikisource? --Tito Dutta (Send me a message) 18:57, 28 March 2012 (UTC)