Shipwrecks, gory battle scenes, cross-dressing, toxic
relationships, abduction, torture (psychological and physical),
comical country bumpkins, and, of course, love and poetry –Sir
Philip Sidney’s witty pastoral romance The Countess of
Pembroke’s Arcadia is the classic that has it all in terms of
entertainment factors. Modern readers mostly know Arcadia in its
complete ‘old’ version, but it is the New Arcadia (published in
1590) that was the most influential and most widely imitated
literary text of the sixteenth century. While preserving the basic
plot – a ruler attempts to escape an alarming oracle by moving
his family to the countryside and engaging in shepherd-cosplay
until the arrival of two foreign princes triggers a chain of events
leading to the fulfilment of the oracle – this version adds
further narrative strands and introduces ambitious revisions that
showcase Sidney’s stylistic brilliance as a prose writer. -- .
General
Imprint: |
Manchester University Press
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
The Manchester Spenser |
Release date: |
February 2024 |
First published: |
2024 |
Editors: |
Victor Skretkowicz
• Elisabeth Chaghafi
• J. B. Lethbridge
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Dimensions: |
234 x 156mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
680 |
Edition: |
2nd edition |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-5261-7497-0 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
1-5261-7497-9 |
Barcode: |
9781526174970 |
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